Pneumopericardium due to ingestion of button battery

Pneumopericardium due to ingestion of button battery

Mostly ingested button batteries passed through the gastrointestinal tract without any adverse effects. But button battery can lead to hazardous complications including tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), especially when the battery is impacted in the esophagus. Urgent esophagoscopic removal of the bat...

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Main Authors: Jai Prakash Soni, Sandeep Choudhary, Pramod Sharma, Mohan Makwana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Subjects:
Air leak syndrome
button battery
corrosive
esophageal-pericardial foreign body
pneumopericardium
Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2016;volume=9;issue=1;spage=94;epage=95;aulast=Soni

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