Button battery esophageal impaction

Case contributed by David Chang , 1 Jul 2018
Diagnosis certain
Changed by CK Lim, 1 May 2020

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

A foreign body is seen at the level of the cricopharyngeus.  A halo sign or double ring sign can be seen which eludes towards the foreign body being a button battery.  On In addition, there are irregularities along the borders of the battery, suggestive of corrosion. On the lateral view the foreign body can be seen impacted in the oesophagus with the trachea seen anteriorly.  

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