Foreign bodies (magnets) in esophagus and stomach of a child

Authors

  • K. V. Lapshyn Lviv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital «OKHMATDYT», Ukraine, Ukraine
  • A. I. Nakonechnyi Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Ukraine, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6157-9157
  • O. N. Kocherkevych Lviv Regional Council Public Institution «Western Ukrainian Specialized Children’s Medical Centre», Ukraine, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15574/PS.2017.55.111

Keywords:

foreign bodies, magnets, treatment

Abstract

The article presents a clinical case of successful treatment of a child with the foreign bodies (magnets) in esophagus and stomach. It is shown that the neglect
of such attribute of foreign bodies like magnetism can lead to wrong management, which in turn causes the life-threatening complications.

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