[Obstructive bronchitis caused by an unrecognized foreign body in the esophagus].

A 9-month-old girl with 4 months history of recurrent wheezy bronchitis, dysphagia and pneumonia, had impacted, radiolucent oesophageal foreign body (nipple). Its extraction was followed by complete amelioration of the respiratory symptoms. In children with unexplained respiratory symptoms and dysphagia oesophagoscopy may be of high diagnostic and therapeutic value.