Citation

KIm JC. J. Korea. Radiol. Soc. 2006; 55(2): 153-156.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Taehan Yŏngsang Ŭihakhoe)

DOI

10.3348/jkrs.2006.55.2.153

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Among the common foreign bodies that are ingested by children, ingesting multiple magnets is known to be hazardous due to the gastrointestinal complications caused by the magnets attracting each other across the bowel walls. We present here a case of gastrojejunal fistula and jejunal rotation that was caused by two ingested magnets in a 5-year-old girl, and we also present the findings of simple abdomen radiography, a small bowel series and computed tomography. The unchanged position of the radiopaque metallic foreign bodies on the serial abdominal radiographs suggests the inadvertent ingestion of multiple magnets.

Keywords: Multiple magnet ingestion

Language: en