@article{ref1,
title="Disk battery as a vaginal foreign body in a five-year-old preadolescent child",
journal="Curēus",
year="2021",
author="Al-oufi, Daniah and Alkharboush, Huwidah Mohammad and Younis, Nadia Dawood and Abu-Zaid, Ahmed",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="e13727-e13727",
abstract="The self-introduction of batteries into the vagina is exceedingly infrequent among preadolescents, with only six cases have been recorded in the English-language PubMed-indexed literature. Herein, we present the case of a five-year-old female child who presented with an 18-month history of recurrent ill-smelling vaginal discharge. Pelvic radiograph displayed a radio-opaque object, most likely representing a disk battery inside her vagina. Vaginoscopy showed a 1.2 cm disk battery that was removed from the right posterior vaginal fornix. Four weeks later, the child was doing well and symptom-free. Although rare, vaginal foreign bodies should be considered in the differential diagnosis in preadolescent girls presenting with chronic and recurrent vaginal discharge. Vaginoscopy is a useful tool diagnostically and therapeutically. A clinical summary of all PubMed-indexed cases of batteries as vaginal FBs in children is provided (n=6).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2168-8184",
doi="10.7759/cureus.13727",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13727"
}