Abstract
Button battery ingestion can lead to dangerous complications, including vasculoesophageal
fistula formation. The presence of a vascular ring may complicate battery ingestion
if the battery lodges at the level of the ring and its important vascular structures.
We report a 4-year-old boy with trisomy 21 who was diagnosed with a vascular ring
at the time of button battery ingestion and died 9 days after presentation due to
massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding from esophageal erosion and vasculoesophageal
fistula formation.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 16, 2015
Accepted:
January 9,
2015
Received in revised form:
December 19,
2014
Received:
November 6,
2014
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