title: Neck pain and stiffness in a toddler with history of button battery ingestion.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Button batteries within the gastrointestinal system are dangerous and must be suspected after any foreign body ingestion. Common complications include esophageal perforation, fistula formation, and esophageal scarring.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Spondylodiscitis resulting from button battery ingestion is extremely rare and, to our knowledge, has been described in the literature only once to date.
  
  
  METHODS
  We will describe a case in which a 14-month-old girl developed spondylodiscitis of T1/T2 after an uncomplicated clinical course involving the ingestion and removal of an esophageal button battery. Discussion will include mechanisms in which button batteries cause harm and notable differences between the previously reported case and ours.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We present this case to increase awareness of spondylodiscitis in patients with neck pain or stiffness and a history of button battery ingestion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Sigrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolfram
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Birmingham
authors.forename: Nathaniel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dayes
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garrow
authors.forename: Shahriar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zehtabchi
mesh_terms: D015299:Discitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D016896:Treatment Outcome