Button battery ingestion as a life threatening condition in pediatric practice

Publication date: Available online 8 April 2017 Source:Pediatria Polska Author(s): Marek Boba, Katarzyna Lipka, Małgorzata Partyka, Joanna Majzel, Ewa Gacka Foreign body ingestion is common, especially among children aged 6 months to 3 years old. The button battery represents about 2% of foreign bodies swallowed by children, relative frequency of its ingestion is increasing. About 30% of children with esophageal foreign body will be asymptomatic. Button batteries larger than 20mm, if remains in the esophagus, may lead to gastrointestinal tract damages. The final damaging effect of disc battery follows the type of swollen battery. Disc batteries vary in size, chemical composition, voltage of electronic current. All these features implicate the final battery-induced tissue injuries. Up to the 12.6% patients under 6 years of age, with lithium coin cell lodged in the esophage, experience severe outcomes such as perforation, trachea-esophageal fistula, fistulization into major vessel, esophageal stricture, vocal cord paralysis, hemorrhage, pneumothorax, mediastinal emphysema, mediastinitis, and spondylodiscitis. In our report we presented the history of 1-year-old boy who ingested button battery, which was lodged in the lumen of esophage. The patient died despite the advanced treatment and immediate diagnosis. The aim of our report about disc battery ingestion was to emphasize the importance of this problem that may due to severe complications and is a life-threatening con...
Source: Pediatria Polska - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research