Magnetic nasal foreign bodies: a result of fashion mania

Non food foreign body injuries

“…When children attempt to imitate bilateral nasal piercing with magnetbacked jewelry, the intranasal magnets may attract each other and become adherent across the nasal septum, resulting in substantial pressure on the nasal septum and its delicate capillary network; this determines a time dependent risk of septal ischemia, necrosis and perforation, pressure necrosis begins within hours [7,30,31]. Therefore, magnets across the septum should be treated as an urgent medical condition and managed definitively in the ED [7,32,33].…”

Nasal foreign bodies: the experience of the Buenos Aires pediatric otolaryngology clinic

“…This presents a time‐dependent risk of septal ischemia, necrosis and perforation, with pressure necrosis beginning within hours 8,15,16 . Therefore, magnets across the septum should be treated as an urgent medical condition and managed in the emergency department 8,17,18 …”

“…8,15,16 Therefore, magnets across the septum should be treated as an urgent medical condition and managed in the emergency department. 8,17,18 Unfortunately parents are frequently unaware of the dangers presented by certain objects and situations. Moreover, clinicians pay little attention to the adult's role in the accident; in fact, in case series descriptions, data regarding the presence of an adult are often underreported.…”

Bilateral epistaxis in children: efficacy of bilateral septal cauterization with silver nitrate

“…Septal perforation in children is a rare event, but has been reported in association with foreign body, infection, autoimmune disorders and neoplasms [4][5][6][7]. Perichondrial blood supply is recognized as a key physiologic component to maintaining healthy cartilage in the septum and in other cartilaginous sites.…”