After the Recall: Reexamining Multiple Magnet Ingestion at a Large Pediatric Hospital
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Multiple Intestinal Perforation and Necrosis due to Magnet Ingestion.
Among the few foreign bodies swallowed, multiple magnets are very rare. Ingestion of Multiple Magnets may lead to a number of dire complications. The present case report is about the ingestion of multiple singing magnets by 4-year-old child leading to intestinal segmental necrosis and perforations.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0022-3476
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.02.002