Laryngotracheal Foreign Body Spontaneously Expelled in Children: An Unusual Observation

Laryngotracheal foreign bodies are a life-threatening emergency. The diagnosis is suspected by the onset of laryngeal dysphonia and confirmed by cervico-thoracic radiography. Suspension laryngoscopy under general anaesthetic enables the foreign body to be located and extracted. However, spontaneous expulsion of a laryngotracheal foreign body, considered an unusual situation, may be observed during coughing fits or vomiting. In this case report, we describe a laryngeal foreign body that was expelled spontaneously on the 11th day of hospitalisation at Brazzaville University Hospital.