Multiple intestinal perforations due to ingestion of magnetized pieces of a toy [1];Perforaciones intestinales múltiples por ingesta de piezas imantadas de un juguete

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 457-458

  Encinas, J L ^a   Garcia Bermejo C ^b   Andres A M ^b   Burgos, L ^b   Hernandez P ^b   Tovar, J A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LETTER; MAGNET; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

EID: 29844438953     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13080414     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Suk-Koo L, Nam-seon B, Hyun-Hahk K. Mischievous magnets: Unespected health hazard in children. J Pediatr Surg. 1996;31: 1694-5.
2. Swartz GF, Polsky HS. Ingested forcing bodies in childhood: Our experience and review of literature. Eur J Emerg Med. 1998;5:319-23.
3. Cauchi JA. Multiple magnet ingestion and gastrointestinal morbidity. Arch Dis Child. 2002;87:539.
4. Laurence Hill J, Voigt RW. Forcing bodies. En: Aschcroft KW, editor. Pediatric Surg, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 2000. p. 146-52.
5. Morrow SE, Bicker SW, Kennedy AP. Ballon extraction of esophageal foreign body in children. J Pediatr Surg. 1998;33:266-7.
6. Keneth J. Foreign bodies. Radiology. 2004;2:615.