Magnetic Foreign Body Ingestion in Children: The Attractive Hazards

• Main Authors: Anna Lin (Author), Lawrence Chi Ngong Chan (Author), Kam Lun Ellis Hon (Author), Siu Yan Bess Tsui (Author), Kristine Kit Yi Pang (Author), Hon Ming Cheung (Author), Alexander K. C. Leung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Foreign body ingestions are frequent in the childhood population. Most foreign bodies are passed spontaneously through the gastrointestinal tract. However, on occasion, they can also be a rare cause of morbidity and even mortality, such as in the case of multiple magnetic foreign body ingestion, whi...