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Case Reports
. 1994 Oct;108(10):871-2.
doi: 10.1017/s0022215100128361.

Button battery in the nose--an unusual foreign body

O Palmer, B Natarajan, A Johnstone, S Sheikh
Case Reports

Button battery in the nose--an unusual foreign body

O Palmer et al. J Laryngol Otol. 1994 Oct.

Abstract

We present two rare, but similar, cases of button batteries in the nose in male children of Caucasian origin. The importance of early diagnosis, treatment and the long-term morbidity of such a foreign body in the nose are discussed.

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  • Button batteries.
    Eynon-Lewis NJ, Spraggs PD. Eynon-Lewis NJ, et al. J Laryngol Otol. 1995 May;109(5):472. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100130476. J Laryngol Otol. 1995. PMID: 7798012 No abstract available.

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