Pediatric Magnet Ingestion with Delayed Presentation: Case Series from Tertiary Center in Saudi Arabia

Swallowing foreign bodies is common in young kids, especially those aged 6 months to 6 years. Magnet ingestion is a hazardous health issue that extremely jeopardizes the most vulnerable group, children, to risks of intestinal obstruction and worse, perforation. We, hereby, report 3 cases of magnet i...

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Published in:Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics medicine and therapeutics, 2023-07, Vol.14, p.231-236
Main Authors: Alareefy, Abdulaziz, Barnawi, Esam, Alrashed, Rawan, Alamri, Abdulelah, Aleidan, Ahmed M, Alghofaily, Mazen, Alkhelaif, Mayada, Kanfar, Sara
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Series
Children
emergency
foreign body
Gastrointestinal diseases
Gastrointestinal system
Health aspects
magnet ingestion
Metronidazole
Pantoprazole
pediatric
Pediatrics
saudi arabia
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Summary:Swallowing foreign bodies is common in young kids, especially those aged 6 months to 6 years. Magnet ingestion is a hazardous health issue that extremely jeopardizes the most vulnerable group, children, to risks of intestinal obstruction and worse, perforation. We, hereby, report 3 cases of magnet ingestion in the pediatric age group who had multiple beaded magnets stuck inside their GI tract over a variable period of 1 to 10 months before their presentation to the Emergency Department, King Fahad Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
ISSN:1179-9927
1179-9927
DOI:10.2147/PHMT.S411079