Button battery ingestion

Case contributed by Albert P. Matifoll
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Patient presents without pain or other symptoms but her mother saw her swallowing a button battery.

Patient Data

Age: 21 months
Gender: Female
x-ray

Metallic round-shaped image with a thin rim suggesting a button battery inside the stomach.

 

Case Discussion

The key question is where the button battery is located because the medical and surgical management depends on it.

In this case the most probable location for the battery is inside the stomach. 

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