Intestinal fistula after magnets ingestion

Accidental ingestion of magnetic foreign bodies has become more common due to increased availability of objects and toys with magnetic elements. The majority of them traverse the gastrointestinal system spontaneously without complication. However, ingestion of multiple magnets may require surgical r...

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Autores principales: Macedo, Maurício, Velhote, Manoel Carlos Prieto, Maschietto, Rafael Forti, Waksman, Renata Dejtiar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4872901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23843068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082013000200018
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author Macedo, Maurício
Velhote, Manoel Carlos Prieto
Maschietto, Rafael Forti
Waksman, Renata Dejtiar
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description Accidental ingestion of magnetic foreign bodies has become more common due to increased availability of objects and toys with magnetic elements. The majority of them traverse the gastrointestinal system spontaneously without complication. However, ingestion of multiple magnets may require surgical resolution. The case of an 18-month girl who developed an intestinal fistula after ingestion of two magnets is reported.
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spelling pubmed-48729012016-08-10 Intestinal fistula after magnets ingestion Macedo, Maurício Velhote, Manoel Carlos Prieto Maschietto, Rafael Forti Waksman, Renata Dejtiar Einstein (Sao Paulo) Case Report Accidental ingestion of magnetic foreign bodies has become more common due to increased availability of objects and toys with magnetic elements. The majority of them traverse the gastrointestinal system spontaneously without complication. However, ingestion of multiple magnets may require surgical resolution. The case of an 18-month girl who developed an intestinal fistula after ingestion of two magnets is reported. Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4872901/ /pubmed/23843068 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082013000200018 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Intestinal fistula after magnets ingestion
title Intestinal fistula after magnets ingestion
title_full Intestinal fistula after magnets ingestion
title_fullStr Intestinal fistula after magnets ingestion
title_full_unstemmed Intestinal fistula after magnets ingestion
title_short Intestinal fistula after magnets ingestion
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4872901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23843068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082013000200018
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