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Intranasal button battery causing septal perforation: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Colin R. S. Brown
Colin R. S. Brown*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand.
*
Colin R. S. Brown, Dept Otolaryngology. Head and Neck Surgery, Greenlane Hospital, Private Bag, Greenlane, Auckland, New Zealand Fax: 09-631-0770.
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Abstract

A child presenting with fever, unilateral nasal discharge and sinusitis was found to have an alkaline disk button battery in the right nostril causing severe mucosal damage and septal perforation. "Nje case is presented and mechanisms of injury discussed.

Keywords

Foreign bodiesNose
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 7 , July 1994 , pp. 589 - 590
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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