title: Magnetic nasal foreign bodies in a 9-year-old male: opposites attract when it comes to nasal foreign bodies.
abstract: We report the case of a 9-year-old male who developed nasal ulcerations from magnets which were placed in his nose, and became attracted to each other across the nasal septum. The magnets came from a non-penetrating earring. Normally harmless, but when attracted to each other magnets can cause ulcerations and possibly perforation of the nasal septum and should be removed urgently whenever encountered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA. mgreenberg@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magit
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000293:injuries*