title: An intestinal fistula in a 3-year-old child caused by the ingestion of magnets: report of a case.
abstract: We describe herein the case of a 3-year-old child in whom a jejunoileal fistula was caused by the ingestion of magnets. This case report demonstrates that if more than one magnet is found as a foreign body in the intestine, they should not be left untreated even if there are no sharp edges and, it seems they could be evacuated spontaneously. This recommendation is made because the magnets will attract each other and hold the intestinal walls between them, causing necrosis and resulting in intestinal perforation or a fistula.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Honzumi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shigemori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mohri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008280:Magnetics; D000267:Tissue Adhesions