Citation

Goo MJ, Park JS, Kang SJ, Kim HJ, Seo JH, Woo HO, Youn HS. Korean J. Gastrointest. Endosc. 2006; 32(4): 275-277.

Vernacular Title

삼킨 두 개의 자석이 위점막에 고정되었던 1예

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Tong Hakhoe)

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Abstract

Foreign body ingestion is common in children. About 80% of ingested foreign bodies spontaneously pass through gastrointestinal tract. The management of an ingested magnet depends on its size, the same as for other foreign bodies. However, it has been reported that magnetic foreign body ingestion can lead to gastrointestinal fistula. We report here on the case of a 13-month-old boy who ingested two magnet bars that attracted to each other, and they were holding the gastric mucosa. A simple abdomen X-ray revealed that the location of two magnet bars was not changed according to the patient's positional change. The magnet bars were removed with an alligator forcep under gastroduodenal endoscopy.


Keywords: Multiple magnet ingestion

Language: ko