Erosion of magnets into the scrotum in the pediatric patient.
A 12-year-old boy presented to the emergency department complaining that he had "magnets stuck in [his] scrotum." Examination revealed a wedge of scrotal skin with a pit on each side without visible objects. A radiograph confirmed intrascrotal foreign bodies. Surgical exploration was required to remove the magnets. This is, to our knowledge, the first reported case of a foreign body in a child leading to pressure necrosis and erosion into the genital tract.
Proano
Juan Miguel
JM
Division of Pediatric Urology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
Palmer
Jeffrey S
JS
D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum