title: Intranasal button battery causing septal perforation: a case report.
abstract: A child presenting with fever, unilateral nasal discharge and sinusitis was found to have an alkaline disk button battery in the right nostril causing severe mucosal damage and septal perforation. The case is presented and mechanisms of injury discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000293:injuries; D009336:Necrosis; D009666:Nose / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography