Citation

Fosarelli P, Feigelman S, Pearson E, Calimano-Diaz A. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 1988; 4(2): 117-118.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3380741

Abstract

We describe a child who had a button battery lodged in her nose for several weeks, with resulting destruction of her nasal septum. A brief review of the pathophysiology of injury due to button batteries and measures to prevent such injuries from occurring are discussed.

Language: en