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Most common impacted foreign body in esophagus in children is

A
Coin
B
Food product
C
Krayon
D
Marble
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Coin Foreign body impaction* Most impacted foreign bodies do not get impacted in the oropharynx. The most common exceptions are fish and chick bones.* These objects most often lodge in the soft tissues at the base of tongue, but they can also lodge in the tonsil or the pyriform fossa.* Coins are the most commonly impacted foreign bodies in children in esophagus and oropharynx followed by the food products.

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