Neck pain and stiffness in a toddler with history of button battery ingestion. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: Button batteries within the gastrointestinal system are dangerous and must be suspected after any foreign body ingestion. Common complications include esophageal perforation, fistula formation, and esophageal scarring. OBJECTIVES: Spondylodiscitis resulting from button battery ingestion is extremely rare and, to our knowledge, has been described in the literature only once to date. CASE REPORT: We will describe a case in which a 14-month-old girl developed spondylodiscitis of T1/T2 after an uncomplicated clinical course involving the ingestion and removal of an esophageal button battery. Discussion will include mechanisms in which button batteries cause harm and notable differences between the previously reported case and ours. CONCLUSIONS: We present this case to increase awareness of spondylodiscitis in patients with neck pain or stiffness and a history of button battery ingestion.

publication date

  • April 17, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Discitis
  • Electric Power Supplies
  • Esophagus
  • Foreign Bodies
  • Neck Pain
  • Thoracic Vertebrae

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 80051588443

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.02.027

PubMed ID

  • 20399589

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 41

issue

  • 2