How would you manage this ingested foreign body?

Ellie is a three-year-old girl brought into the ED on Christmas Day after reporting to her parents that she had swallowed a coin.

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<p>Ellie is a three-year-old girl brought into the ED on Christmas Day after reporting to her parents that she had swallowed a coin.</p><p>At the time, she had been playing with her Christmas presents, which included some plastic jewellery, Lego and battery-operated toys, but no currency.</p><p>Her parents did not observe her putting any of the toys in her mouth or swallowing anything.</p><p>Ellie is well in herself. Given that the nature of the ingested foreign body is uncertain, a chest X-ray is requested.</p>

Dr Kate Kelso is medical co-editor at Australian Doctor and a GP in Sydney, NSW.