title: [Aorto-esophageal fistula due to ingestion of button battery].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Foreign body ingestion is frequently encountered in young children. In the majority of cases it will not lead to an adverse outcome. However, in case of coin battery ingestion more serious adverse outcomes, including death, have been reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors report a patient in whom fatal aortoesophageal fistula developed after impaction of a button battery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Once of aortoesophageal fistula occurs, it presents with typical large-herald upper gastrointestinal bleeding and cardiovascular collapse.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This complication is frequently a lethal event.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Pediátrico Moctezuma. dr.carlosbaeza@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baeza Herrera
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cortes García
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Velasco Soria
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Velázquez Pino
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D004947:Esophagus; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000209:etiology*