Successful Strategy for the Conservative Management of Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistula Due to Lithium Button Battery Ingestion

• Main Authors: Soichi Shibuya (Author), Takahiro Azuma (Author), Geoffrey J. Lane (Author), Manabu Okawada (Author), Atsuyuki Yamataka (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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A 16-month-old boy was referred to our hospital for the management of suspected lithium button battery (LBB) ingestion. He had been previously well, but became febrile with a persistent cough resistant to oral antibiotics and dysphagia for 5 days. Radiography identified an LBB lodged in the upper es...