%0 Journal Article %T Fatal complication from an alkaline battery foreign body in the esophagus %J Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology %D 1977 %A Blatnik, D. S. %A Toohill, R. J. %A Lehman, R. H. %V 86 %N 5 Pt 1 %P 611-615 %X Foreign bodies and alkali burns in the trachea and esophagus are potentially fatal. Some camera batteries contain 45% potassium hydroxide electrolyte which can leak and cause liquification necrosis upon tissue contact. This report describes a case of an alkali battery foreign body in the esophagus with a subsequent fatal course which was masked by steroid therapy. A discussion of corrosive burns of the esophagus, their etiology, clinical course and pathology is presented.

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