Button battery ingestion.
Button batteries represent a special category of pediatric ingested foreign body because of the possibility of serious complications particularly if impacted in the esophagus. We report a case of a 3-year-old girl with severe mid esophageal burns due to a lodged battery. More awareness is required amongst physicians to avert such dangers and ensure prompt removal.
Banerjee
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Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India.
Rao
G V
GV
Sriram
P Vj
PV
Reddy
K S Pavan
KS
Nageshwar Reddy
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D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans