"Bucking" for a diagnosis.
Foreign body ingestions are all too common in children. The adverse effects of many of these ingestions are well known. We present an interesting case report of "Buckyballs" and the implications of ingesting or placing in other orifices these strong rare-earth magnets. We illustrate that these toys can be of possible disastrous consequences. Although these products were removed from the marketplace, there is still the possibility of negative consequences. Our aim was to inform the physician population of their persistence and negative effects.
From the *Division of Pediatrics Emergency Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick; and †Windsor Dental Center, Manalapan, NJ.
Ernest G
EG
Leva
Steven P
SP
Stern
Niel F
NF
Miele
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D037741:Fullerenes; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D059346:Magnets; D008297:Male; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; D010988:Play and Playthings
D037741:Fullerenes; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth