Button battery ingestion- case report and review
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 2-year-old girl presented to
the emergency room of a community hospital complaining of hematemesis. X-ray showed a coin lithium
battery located in the esophagus, and she was transferred to a referral hospital and succumbed to death after
4 hours survival in king george hospital. Postmortem examination revealed massive blood clots in stomach.
Keywords: Button battery, Children, Hematemesis, Esophagus, Blood clots.
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 2-year-old girl presented to
the emergency room of a community hospital complaining of hematemesis. X-ray showed a coin lithium
battery located in the esophagus, and she was transferred to a referral hospital and succumbed to death after
4 hours survival in king george hospital. Postmortem examination revealed massive blood clots in stomach.
Keywords: Button battery, Children, Hematemesis, Esophagus, Blood clots.