Title
Are strange radiopaque bodies with double contours in the digestive tract always button cell batteries?
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Publisher(s)
Asociacion Colombiana de Gastroenterologia
Abstract
Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies constitutes an emergency for pediatric care services especially since the group most frequently affected consists of children between 6 months and 3 years of age. Ingestion of button cell batteries has high risks for severe early complications such as esophageal perforations and me-diastinitis, as well as the long term risk of stenosis. Early identification and extraction are the most important management strategies. A double contour on a frontal cervical, thoracic, or abdominal x-ray is characteristic, but this same radiological sign has been reported for other foreign bodies. We present two cases with these characteristics.
Start page
114
End page
117
Volume
35
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Radiología, Medicina nuclear, Imágenes médicas Pediatría
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85084343517
Source
Revista Colombiana de Gastroenterologia
ISSN of the container
01209957
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