Double Jejunoileal Fistula after Ingestion of Magnets

A double jejunoileal fistula was diagnosed intraoperatively 10 months since a 4-year-old boy had swallowed an object consisted of multiple magnetic items. Magnet ingestion presents characteristics that are misdiagnosing, critical time-consuming, dangerous, and occasionally fatal. The particularities...

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Autores principales: Zachos, Konstantinos, Panagidis, Antonios, Georgiou, George, Alexopoulos, Vasileios, Sinopidis, Xenophon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30686890
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_92_18
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Sumario:A double jejunoileal fistula was diagnosed intraoperatively 10 months since a 4-year-old boy had swallowed an object consisted of multiple magnetic items. Magnet ingestion presents characteristics that are misdiagnosing, critical time-consuming, dangerous, and occasionally fatal. The particularities and pitfalls of ingested magnetic items are outlined.

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