Vascular ring complicates accidental button battery ingestion
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Published on: September 11, 2018
Ronald W Mercer1, Matthew C Schwartz2, Joshua Stephany3
1Department of Radiology/Medical Imaging, Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando; University of Central Florida, College of Medicine.
Abstract:
Button battery ingestion can lead to dangerous complications, including vasculoesophageal fistula formation. The presence of a vascular ring may complicate battery ingestion if the battery lodges at the level of the ring and its important vascular structures. We report a 4-year-old boy with trisomy 21 who was diagnosed with a vascular ring at the time of button battery ingestion and died 9 days after presentation due to massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding from esophageal erosion and vasculoesophageal fistula formation.
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