title: Severe Vaginal Burns in a 5-Year-Old Girl Due to an Alkaline Battery in the Vagina.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The ingestion or insertion of alkaline batteries in the body can cause severe damage to hollow organs. We report here a case of severe vaginal burns in a young patient caused by an alkaline battery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 5-year-old girl presented to our outpatient department with pelvic pain and vaginal discharge. Further workup suggested the presence of a vaginal foreign body. Under general anesthesia, an alkaline battery was removed from her vagina, which showed severe burns with partial-thickness necrosis. Complete healing was confirmed at 3 months after initial presentation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this rare case of an alkaline battery present in the vagina of a prepubescent girl, we discuss the available treatment and management options in comparison to similar previously reported cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Cologne, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Amsterdamer Straße, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: papers.semaan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Semaan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Cologne, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Amsterdamer Straße, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Cologne, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Amsterdamer Straße, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Vahdad
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Cologne, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Amsterdamer Straße, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Boemers
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Cologne, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Amsterdamer Straße, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pohle
mesh_terms: D000468:Alkalies / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D011211:Electric Power Supplies / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology; D014621:Vagina / Q000293:injuries*; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies
keywords: Alkaline battery; Pelvic pain; Vaginal discharge; Vaginal foreign body