title: Attraction problems following magnet ingestion.
abstract: Ingestion of magnetic toys is associated with serious complications that can result in pressure necrosis and bowel perforation. We report three cases of multiple (more than two) magnet ingestion. In two patients, the symptoms did not resolve and complications of perforation and jejunocolic fistula occurred. The third patient, however, had early intervention with no resultant complication. The literature is reviewed and close observation and early surgical intervention is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. dryes4@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Atif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Navroop S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Johal
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aslam
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brain
authors.forename: Ray J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography