Pediatric button battery and small magnet coingestion: two cases with different outcomes.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2011
Identifier
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182225691
Abstract
Ingestion of button batteries and ingestion of 2 or more small magnets have both been increasingly recognized as having high potential for injury. Coingestion of a button battery and a small magnet has only rarely been described but has the potential for both ischemic injury due to the tight magnetic adherence and the electric current injury from the button battery. We report 2 cases of button battery and small magnet coingestion; one required surgical repair of an important bowel injury, while the other had a benign course. We discuss the management and role of radiography in these cases and the potential factors to consider when predicting which patients will have serious injury and which will do well.
Journal Title
Pediatric emergency care
Volume
27
Issue
7
First Page
642
Last Page
644
MeSH Keywords
Abdominal Pain; Cecum; Child, Preschool; Foreign Bodies; Gastrointestinal Tract; Humans; Laparoscopy; Magnetics; Male; Radiography
Keywords
Swallowed Objects
Recommended Citation
Shastri, N., Leys, C., Fowler, M., Conners, G. P. Pediatric button battery and small magnet coingestion: two cases with different outcomes. Pediatric emergency care 27, 642-644 (2011).
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