Multiple magnet ingestion: An uncommon cause of peritonitis

• Autori principali: Shraddha Verma (Autore), Sunil Shinde (Autore), Chhabi Ranu Gupta (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
• Accesso online: Connect to this object online.

Foreign body ingestion is common in infants and young children and they pass spontaneously in most of the cases. Magnetic foreign bodies, though not very common, require early intervention to avoid severe gastrointestinal complications. We report a case of multiple magnet ingestion who presented wit...