TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - Small bowel-mesentery-small bowel fistula caused by ingested magnets JO - Korean journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition A1 - Kwak, Byeong-Gon A1 - Moon, Jin-Soo A1 - Jang, Hyun-Oh A1 - Nam, Seung-Yeon A1 - Kim, Dong-Wook A1 - Lee, Chong-Guk A1 - Kim, Ki-Hong SP - 60 EP - 63 VL - 8 IS - 1 N2 - Accidental foreign body ingestion is one of the general pediatric problems. If more than one magnet are ingested, they can attract each other across the intestinal wall. This kind of event may cause necrosis, perforation or fistula. Therefore, they must be retrieved by gastroduodenoscopy while they are still in the stomach. The authors have experienced an unusual small bowel complication, which was small bowel-mesentery-small bowel fistula, caused by the ingestion of magnets. Keywords: Multiple magnet ingestion

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LA - ko SN - 1229-0114 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5223/kjpgn.2005.8.1.60 ID - ref1 ER -