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An attractive approach to magnets adherent across the nasal septum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Lance Brown ,
Andrew Tomasi  and
Gerardo Salcedo
Lance Brown*
Affiliation:
Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda, Calif.
Andrew Tomasi
Affiliation:
Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda, Calif.
Gerardo Salcedo
Affiliation:
Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda, Calif.
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, A-108, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, 11234 Anderson St., Loma Linda CA 92354 USA; 909 558-4344, fax 909 558-0121, [email protected]

Abstract

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We report a case of an 8-year-old boy who presented to the emergency department with small jewelry magnets adherent across his nasal septum. Prompt removal of these foreign bodies is important to avoid septal necrosis and perforation. We report our success in using the metal handle of bayonet forceps to break the attraction between the magnets. The magnets were removed painlessly and without trauma to the nasal septum.

Keywords

foreign bodiesnoseemergency department
Type
Case Report • Observations de cas
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , September 2003 , pp. 356 - 358
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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