Disc battery ingestion; a single event with different outcomes

Abstract

Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common problem especially in children below the age of 5 years. This is fueled by their curiosity to explore their surroundings. The ingested foreign body finds its way out of the gastrointestinal tract without any serious consequences most of the time. On the other hand, disc battery ingestion has been reported to cause serious harm when ingested including death. We report two patients who had ingested disc batteries and their respective outcomes.

A Retrospective Analysis of Foreign Body Ingestions Among the Pediatric Age Group in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

“…The association between age and FBI was statistically significant in our study, with the 1-3-year-old age group accounting for 47% (n=116) (p=0.00) of cases. This result agreed with a previous study done in 2017, which reported that age was one of the most influencing factors in FBI [13]. In our study, coin ingestion was the most common FBI type, representing 46.7% (n=111) of cases; 17.2% (n=40) of cases presented with battery ingestion, which was similar to studies done in Saudi Arabia in 2018 and 2023 [4,14].…”

A Rare Incidence of Neonatal Button Battery Ingestion: A Case of Child Abuse and Neglect

“…Some authors say that endoscopic intervention is important when the battery is in the oesophagus, but when there are no symptoms, the battery is in the stomach and should be treated in a more conservative way [ 13 ]. Most of the time, it is not clear how to treat tracheoesophageal fistula, and it can be controversial, especially in children [ 12 , 14 , 15 ]. It is possible to treat the patient without surgery and hope that the fistula will close on its own [ 15 ].…”