Title
Vascular Ring Complicates Accidental Button Battery Ingestion
Keywords
Button battery; CTA; Fatal outcome; Vascular ring; Vasculoesophageal fistula
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.
Publication Date
5-1-2015
Publication Title
Clinical Imaging
Volume
39
Issue
3
Number of Pages
510-512
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.01.009
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84927969123 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84927969123
STARS Citation
Mercer, Ronald W.; Schwartz, Matthew C.; Stephany, Joshua; Donnelly, Lane F.; and Franciosi, James P., "Vascular Ring Complicates Accidental Button Battery Ingestion" (2015). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 948.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/948