Small Bowel-Mesentery-Small Bowel Fistula Caused by Ingested Magnets.
- Author:
Byeong Gon KWAK
1
;
Jin Soo MOON
;
Hyun Oh JANG
;
Seung Yeon NAM
;
Dong Wook KIM
;
Chong Guk LEE
;
Ki Hong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Ilsan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Ilsan, Korea. kkhong@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Foreign body ingestion;
Magnet;
Intestinal fistula
- MeSH:
Eating;
Fistula*;
Foreign Bodies;
Intestinal Fistula;
Necrosis;
Stomach
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
2005;8(1):60-63
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Accidental foreign body ingestion is one of the general pediatric problems. If more than one magnet are ingested, they can attract each other across the intestinal wall. This kind of event may cause necrosis, perforation or fistula. Therefore, they must be retrieved by gastroduodenoscopy while they are still in the stomach. The authors have experienced an unusual small bowel complication, which was small bowel-mesentery-small bowel fistula, caused by the ingestion of magnets.
