An Interesting Case of Long Standing Impacted Button Battery Causing Septal Perforation and Deformity

Abstract

Button batteries usage in electrical devices like toys, watches, calculators etc has significantly increased in recent times and due to their easy availability and small size, these batteries can be very easily inserted by small children in the nose. A nasal button battery is an otorhinolaryngological emergency as it can lead to severe damage, necrosis, and perforation of the nasal septum, intranasal synechiae , and nasal deformity [1]. Button batteries should ideally be removed in a controlled setting under general anesthesia if they cannot be removed in the outpatient department. We hereby report this case to advocate that button battery in the nasal cavity is a serious condition and can lead to grave complications like nasal synechiae, granulations , septal perforation further causing saddle nose deformity.