Indian journal of pediatrics
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To highlight different patterns of clinical presentation, share authors' experience in the management of children following button battery ingestion and their outcomes. ⋯ Accidental button battery ingestion can be life-threatening. Diagnosis is often delayed due to non-specific clinical presentation and unwitnessed ingestions. Esophagoscopic retrieval is the treatment modality of choice. Despite having significant esophageal injury at the time of removal, no long-term sequelae (clinical or radiological) were observed in present study.