title: Button battery ingestion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: P Vj
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Sriram
authors.forename: K S Pavan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nageshwar Reddy
mesh_terms: 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