Abstract
Foreign body ingestion in children is considered an emergency. The most common ingested foreign bodies are coins; however, the ingestion of disc batteries is on the rise requiring urgent rigid esophagoscopy. In the literature, multiple foreign body ingestion is very rare and only a few cases of multiple coins and multiple battery ingestion have been reported in the past. Herein, a case of simultaneous coin and battery ingestion requiring foreign bodies removal on two sequential endoscopies due to improper initial evaluation in a pediatric patient is reported which, to our knowledge, is the first reported case.
Highlights
Foreign body ingestion is a common upper aerodigestive tract emergency in the otolaryngology practice, in children [1] [2] [3]
Coins are the most common foreign bodies [1]; there is a recent increase in the incidence of disc battery ingestion due to the increasing use in the daily life [4] [5]
The history in many of these cases may not be reliable because foreign body ingestions commonly occur in young children and are unwitnessed by adults [2] [5]
Summary
How to cite this paper: Husain, W., Alderazi, M. and Alasfoor, F. (2022) A Coin and Something Else: A Rare Case Report. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 11, 12-17. Received: November 20, 2021 Accepted: January 3, 2022 Published: January 6, 2022
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