Button battery ingestion complications

Abstract

Corrosive injuries of the upper gastrointestinal tract due to button batteries often require a multidisciplinary approach due to the potential for multiple complications. We present two cases of button battery ingestion in toddlers; one patient developed a corrosive tracheoesophageal fistula and the other a localized perforation.

Keywords

• Button battery
• Foreign body ingestion
• Corrosive esophageal injury
• Esophageal perforation
• Endoscopic foreign body removal