An unusual intranasal foreign body.
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.
Fosarelli
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P
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore.
Feigelman
S
S
Pearson
E
E
Calimano-Diaz
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A
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