title: An unusual intranasal foreign body.
abstract: We describe a child who had a button battery lodged in her nose for several weeks, with resulting destruction of her nasal septum. A brief review of the pathophysiology of injury due to button batteries and measures to prevent such injuries from occurring are discussed.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Fosarelli
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Feigelman
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Pearson
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Calimano-Diaz
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000293:injuries; D009666:Nose; D011859:Radiography