title: Rapid onset of severe ocular injury after exposure to a button battery.
abstract: Button batteries are commonly used in many household electronic items and are a potential health hazard, especially in children. We present the case of a 2-year-old girl presented with swelling and redness of her right eye of 3 hours' duration. Examination revealed a button battery that had became lodged in the superior fornix of her right eye. After the intact battery was removed, the patient was found to have suffered an alkali burn to the underlying conjunctiva and sclera. The burn healed with symblepharon formation.
authors.affiliation: Southend University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, United Kingdom. Electronic address: yasirkhan@doctors.org.uk.
authors.forename: Yasir
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Southend University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sundas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maqsood
authors.affiliation: Southend University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marpuri
authors.affiliation: Southend University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Saab
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhermi
authors.affiliation: Southend University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Vernon
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Geh
mesh_terms: D000468:Alkalies / Q000009:adverse effects; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies