• J Emerg Med · Aug 2011

    Case Reports

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

    • Audrey Tan, Sigrid Wolfram, Mary Birmingham, Nathaniel Dayes, Eugene Garrow, and Shahriar Zehtabchi.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA.
    • J Emerg Med. 2011 Aug 1;41(2):157-60.

    BackgroundButton 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.ObjectivesSpondylodiscitis resulting from button battery ingestion is extremely rare and, to our knowledge, has been described in the literature only once to date.Case ReportWe 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.ConclusionsWe present this case to increase awareness of spondylodiscitis in patients with neck pain or stiffness and a history of button battery ingestion.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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