2023, Number 1
Extensive intestinal disease secondary to ingestion of magnets
Millán VLO, Moreno DBY, Noriega AJM, Coria FÉE
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Language: Spanish
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Page: 32-35
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ABSTRACT
The ingestion of foreign bodies is a very common emergency in the pediatric age. 80-90% will be expelled without problem, while 10-20% will require endoscopic extraction, and close to 1% will occasionally require surgical intervention. The ingestion of neodymium magnets (rare earth magnets) is increasingly frequent since they are commonly part of toys, accessories or ornaments, they are 5 to 20 times more powerful than conventional iron compound magnets. The vast majority of these accidental ingestions are unnoticed by the parents and the diagnosis is given at the onset of gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, although on occasions they may be asymptomatic and/or as a radiological finding. We present the clinical case of a 2-year-old male, with a history of autism, who was admitted due to abdominal pain, in whom foreign body ingestion (magnets) was noted when performing an abdominal X-ray, in different locations, requiring exploratory laparotomy, finding internal hernia secondary to enteroenteric fistula as a finding, as well as multiple entero-enteral fistulas.REFERENCES