SEVERE COMPLICATIONS OF A DISK BATTERY INGESTION (CASE REPORT)

• Main Authors: Smaranda Diaconescu (Author), Nicoleta Gimiga (Author), Claudia Olaru (Author), Valeriu V. Lupu (Author), Iulia Straticiuc-Ciongradi (Author), S.G. Aprodu (Author), Anamaria Ciubara (Author), Marin Burlea (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Certain categories of foreign bodys ingestion in children can cause dangerous and severe complications leading to increased morbidity rates among them. We report a case of disk battery ingestion in a 2 year old girl, with impaction in the upper cervical esophagus, extracted in otolaryngology service...