Button battery foreign body among children: a case series

Authors

  • Gerald P. Sebastian Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Rajinidevi Kaliyan Department of Anaesthesiology, Govt Thiruvarur Medical College, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Pethuru Devadason Department of Community Medicine, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20201699

Keywords:

Button batteries, Foreign bodies, Nasal septal perforation, X-ray PNS, Leaking button battery

Abstract

In children the foreign bodies are a common occurrence which may be either accidental or self-induced as a matter of habit. Various materials like metal, plastic toy parts, food matters, etc have been reported as foreign bodies. Button batteries have been reported as foreign bodies in the ear, nose and throat are very relevant and practical, due to their early chemical disintegration in contact with mucosal surface; hence, need emergency surgical intervention to avoid complications. Here, we report five cases of button batteries in the ear nose and throat at various stages of presentation with their sequelae.

Author Biographies

Gerald P. Sebastian, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Senior Assistant  Professor, 
Department of Otorhinolaryngology

Rajinidevi Kaliyan, Department of Anaesthesiology, Govt Thiruvarur Medical College, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India

Senior Resident,
Department of Anaesthesiology

Pethuru Devadason, Department of Community Medicine, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India

Professor, Department of Community Medicine

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2020-04-21

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