Severe gastric damage caused by button battery ingestion in a 3-month-old infant

Abstract Ingestion of a button battery has been considered a serious problem, causing necrosis and perforation, when impacted in the esophagus. However, such batteries in the stomach rarely cause any harm to the gastric wall, which is regarded as evidence supporting the use of conservative treatment...

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Published inJournal of pediatric surgery Vol. 45; no. 9; pp. e23 - e26
Main Authors Honda, Shohei, Shinkai, Masato, Usui, Yoshiko, Hirata, Yoshihiro, Kitagawa, Norihiko, Take, Hiroshi, Ohhama, Youkatsu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2010
Subjects
Button batteries
Foreign Bodies - complications
Gastric wall injury
Humans
Infant
Male
Necrosis
Pediatrics
Stomach - injuries
Stomach - pathology
Stomach - surgery
Surgery
Button batteries
Infant
Gastric wall injury
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Summary:Abstract Ingestion of a button battery has been considered a serious problem, causing necrosis and perforation, when impacted in the esophagus. However, such batteries in the stomach rarely cause any harm to the gastric wall, which is regarded as evidence supporting the use of conservative treatment. We present the rare case of a 3-month-old infant with severe gastric wall injury caused by a button battery lodged in the stomach. The present case suggests that button batteries located in the stomach should be removed as soon as possible, especially in infants.
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ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.06.002