title: Button battery in the nose--an unusual foreign body.
abstract: We present two rare, but similar, cases of button batteries in the nose in male children of Caucasian origin. The importance of early diagnosis, treatment and the long-term morbidity of such a foreign body in the nose are discussed.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnstone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheikh
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000293:injuries*; D009666:Nose / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography