[Cardiac arrest in child caused by button battery in the oesophagus and complicated by aorto-oesophageal fistula]

Anette Mortensen; Nikolaj Friis Hansen; Ole Mikael Schiødt

[Cardiac arrest in child caused by button battery in the oesophagus and complicated by aorto-oesophageal fistula]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2009 Oct 19;171(43):3098-9.

[Article in Danish]

Authors

Anette Mortensen¹, Nikolaj Friis Hansen, Ole Mikael Schiødt

Affiliation

¹ Slagelse Sygehus, Operations/anaestesi-, Intensiv- og Sterilafdeling, og Københavns Universitet, Retspatologisk Afdeling, Denmark.

PMID: 19852899

Abstract

Ingestion of button battery can result in serious complications if the battery becomes lodged in the oesophagus. We report a case of a 14-month-old child who died from exanguination due to aorto-oesophageal fistula caused by a lithium button battery lodged in the oesophagus. Recommendations concerning diagnostics, treatment and observations are described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Autopsy
Electric Power Supplies
Esophageal Fistula / etiology*
Esophagus*
Fatal Outcome
Fistula / etiology
Foreign Bodies* / complications
Foreign Bodies* / diagnosis
Foreign Bodies* / diagnostic imaging
Heart Arrest / etiology*
Humans
Infant
Lithium
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Lithium