title: Disk Battery Ingestion in a Toddler: Less Than Meets the Eye.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pediatric foreign-body ingestions are commonly managed by emergency physicians. Risk assessment and specific intervention are dependent on the nature and location of the foreign body. Radiographic evaluation is usually necessary to help define the clinical situation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present an interesting case of presumed ingestion of several disk batteries by a toddler with an unexpected outcome, reviewing aspects of this clinical problem and highlighting potential pitfalls in medical decision making. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Pediatric foreign-body ingestions are commonly managed in the emergency department, and timely and accurate intervention is dependent on correct defining and localization of the foreign body. This case illustrates potential pitfalls in this evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schreiner
authors.affiliation: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bonadio
mesh_terms: D004435:Eating; D011211:Electric Power Supplies / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods
keywords: caustic ingestion; disk battery ingestion; esophageal foreign body