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"Necklace of magnets" in the abdomen: an unusual case with "multiple" bowel perforations.
- Source :
- Medical Journal Armed Forces India; May2024, Vol. 80 Issue 3, p365-368, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Magnetic foreign body ingestion poses a threat especially if more than one is ingested. If consumed alone, small magnetic foreign bodies are likely to pass without significant event; however, when multiple magnets are ingested, they can be attracted to each other through the intestinal wall, which may lead to serious consequences and complications, including bowel perforation, obstruction, peritonitis, and death. We report a case of a 2-years male child patient presented with multiple small round magnetic beads ingestion from a magnetic pendant that appeared like a necklace pearl after conglomeration on abdominal radiograph. On exploration, we found multiple perforations involving ileum, cecum, and transverse colon, with multiple conglomerated beads extruding from the perforation sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INTESTINAL perforation
MAGNETS
CHILD patients
FOREIGN bodies
NECKLACES
ABDOMEN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03771237
- Volume :
- 80
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Medical Journal Armed Forces India
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177148149
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mjafi.2022.09.015