title: Magnetic bead toy ingestion: uses and disuses in children.
abstract: A 2-year-old female presented acutely with peritonitis and small bowel obstruction. An abdominal radiograph demonstrated a radiopaque foreign body. At laparotomy she was found to have bowel perforations with entero-enteric fistulae caused by four magnets. The magnets were removed, and debridement and closure of the perforations performed. We review our case and highlight this problem to other medical practitioners as a potential cause of significant morbidity and mortality in the paediatric population.
authors: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Klipfontein Road, Cape Town 7700, South Africa. boma.adikibi@nhs.net
authors: Boma T
authors: BT
authors: Adikibi
authors: Marion
authors: M
authors: Arnold
authors: Gertruida
authors: G
authors: van Niekerk
authors: Angus
authors: A
authors: Alexander
authors: Alp
authors: A
authors: Numanoglu
authors: Alastair J W
authors: AJ
authors: Millar
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D059346:Magnets / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods