Foreign body ingestion is frequently encountered in infants and young children. In recent years, button batteries have becomeextremely common among household use. As a result of this, there has been an increase in the outcomes related to this buttonbatteries ingestion. Literature reports that there has been a 6.7 fold increase in the major or fatal outcomes associated with buttonbattery ingestion. The complications are attributed to the electric current generated at the negative pole of the battery and thedischarge of alkaline electrolytes, leading to liquefaction necrosis and also due to pressure necrosis. Here, authors’ report withtwo cases of button battery ingestion, of which one case had a fatal outcome and about the measures taken in the second caseto avoid major or fatal consequences.
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