%0 Journal Article %T Open Thoracic Surgery for Removal of a Two-Year-Old Impacted Esophageal Coin %A Isaac Okyere %A Samuel Gyasi Brenu %A Perditer Okyere %J Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery %P 32-40 %@ 2164-3067 %D 2020 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojts.2020.101004 %X Introduction: Esophageal foreign bodies are important and serious cause of morbidity and mortality in both children and adults, usually as a result of serious complications, such as perforation, necrosis, mediastinitis, and fistulation. Therefore, rapid and accurate diagnosis with subsequent removal is very important. Clinical Case: We present and discuss the presentation, diagnosis and surgical management of a 6-year-old with a 2-year history of ingested coin locked in the oesophagus. Discussion: Diagnosis was established by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, barium swallow and chest x-ray. The coin was removed by open surgery via oesophagotomy through right thoracotomy after failed retrieval via rigid oesophagoscopy. Conclusion: Surgical treatment in the form of esophagotomy via thoracotomy may be necessary in some cases of impacted foreign bodies in the esophagus where endoscopic removal is unsuccessful. %K Foreign Body %K Esophagus %K Retrieval %K Thoracotomy %K Coin %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=98595