Successful rescue after catastrophic bleeding of carotid artery pseudoaneurysm following button battery ingestion in a toddler
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Key messageButton battery (BB) ingestion is an increasing hazard.Catastrophic gastrointestinal bleeding due to pseudo aneurysm rupture following BB impaction is often fatal.Here we report the case of an unwitnessed BB ingestion in an 18monthold boy who presented with repeated massive UGIB due to a left CCA pseudoaneurysm that was successfully managed multidisciplinarily.BB ingestion should be considered in toddlers presenting with he matemesis.
Source: Korean Journal of Pediatrics
Authors: Manjit Kaur, Ujjal Poddar, Basant Kumar, Abdul Muzil Munshi, Rajanikant R. Yadav, Moinak Sen Sarma, Anshu Srivastava
Language: English
Topic: Foreign Body Medical Cases
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4415416154