Gastrointestinal Complication Caused by Ingestion of Multiple Magnets for Children.
- Author:
Ka Jeong KIM
1
;
Young Tae JU
;
Chi Young JEONG
;
Eun Jung JUNG
;
Young Joon LEE
;
Soon Chan HONG
;
Sang Kyung CHOI
;
Woo Song HA
;
Soon Tae PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Gyeong-Sang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea. drjyt@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Foreign body;
Magnets;
Perforation;
Fistula;
Obstruction
- MeSH:
Child*;
Deglutition;
Eating*;
Emergencies;
Fistula;
Foreign Bodies;
Gastrointestinal Tract;
Humans;
Jejunum;
Male;
X-Ray Film
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2007;73(4):355-358
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Because of the magnetic property that attracts magnets to one another, the swallowing of magnets could provoke perforation, obstruction, and formation of fistula in the gastrointestinal tract. Here, the authors describe two cases of gastrointestinal complication caused by swallowed magnets in children. The first case occurred in a 12-year-old boy who swallowed multiple magnetic educational instruments; the patients presented with duodeno-colic and colo-colic fistula. In the second case, a 7-year-old boy swallowed two magnets and developed a jejuno-jejunal fistula associated with perforation of the jejunum. In accidental swallowing of the magnet, especially multiple pieces, the follow-up plain abdominal X-ray film should be checked, and an emergency exploration could be considered.
