ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES : To review the clinical profile of foreign body ingestion and aspiration. To assess predisposing conditions. To evaluate esophagoscopy and bronchoscopy as management To determine outcome and complications. STUDY DESIGN : Cross-sectional Study SETTING : Government Tertiary Medical Center METHODS AND PATIENTS : Using the medical record registry, a retrospective analysis of all patients admitted at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology for foreign body ingestion and aspiration from April 1993 toApri12003 was done. RESULTS : Of 648 patients, 632 (98%) were cases of foreign body ingestion and 16(2%) cases were foreign body aspiration. 484 (75%) were pediatric patients ( CONCLUSION : The clinical profile of 648 cases of esophageal and tracheobronchial foreign bodies for the past 10 years was described. Majority of the patients belong to the pediatric age group, similar to those reported in literature. Diagnoses were established based on history and sy...