title: Button battery ingestion: hazards of esophageal impaction.
abstract: Ingestion of button batteries has been seen with increasing frequency over the past decade. In a small number of reported cases, their impaction in the esophagus has led to serious, sometimes fatal, complications. The management of these cases has varied from expectant, supportive therapy to early surgical intervention. The authors report 2 pediatric patients in whom esophageal perforation developed after impaction of a disc battery. Both were treated conservatively with successful outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Samad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ramzi
mesh_terms: D002424:Caustics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D002424:Caustics