Button Battery Ingestion-
Case Report and Review
Published: September 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4847
SS Kalyanshettar, SV Patil, Gaurav Upadhye
1. Professor, Department of Pediatrics, BLDE University’s Sri BM Patil medical college & Research centre Bijapur, India.
2. Professor and HOD, Department of Pediatrics, BLDE University’s Sri BM Patil medical college & Research centre Bijapur, India.
3. Resident, Department of Pediatrics, BLDE University’s Sri BM Patil medical college & Research centre Bijapur, India.
Correspondence
Dr. SS Kalyanshettar,
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, BLDE University’s Sri BM Patil medical college & Research centre Bijapur-586101, India.
Phone: 9449661940, E-mail: ssk_dr@yahoo.co.in
Over the last few years there is a rise in use of button batteries in various toys and other electronic gadgets. Easy availability and small size of these batteries pose a significant risk of ingestion in small children. Button battery ingestion can lead to serious health hazards very rapidly. A case of button battery ingestion is presented in this paper.
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