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- Title
Cuerpos extraños radiopacos con doble contorno en la vía digestiva: ¿son siempre pilas de botón?
- Authors
Ormeño Julca, Alexis José; Echevarría López, Nora Flor
- 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 mediastinitis, 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.
- Publication
Revista Colombiana de Gastroenterología, 2020, Vol 35, Issue 1, p114
- ISSN
0120-9957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22516/25007440.326