foreign body ingestion

Case contributed by Heba Khaled Al Ja’afreh
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Ingestion of four metallic batteries and one tooth by a child .

Patient Data

Age: 2 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

The foreign bodies are seen on both sides of the bowel ( mostly the small bowel ).

No obvious distended bowel.

Normal bowel gas distribution

x-ray

After 10 hours of the first images, the foreign bodies are seen in the left-sided transverse colon and descending colon.

No obvious distended bowel.

Normal bowel gas distribution.

Case Discussion

This case demonstrates imaging findings following the ingestion of four metallic batteries and one tooth by a small child.

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