Pinto, Rohan, Hampton, Thomas, De, Su and Donne, Adam (2023) 'Foreign body impaction of the hard palate: tabletop party confetti mimicking button batteries in two infants'. European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 280, pp. 3023-3026.
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Abstract
We present the first two cases in the literature of tabletop party confetti mimicking button batteries in two infants. Both patients presented to the Emergency Department with an incidentally noticed shiny, metallic appearing, disc-shaped foreign body impacted in the hard palate. Both objects were understandably misdiagnosed as button batteries. The first patient required foreign body retrieval by ENT under general anaesthesia, whilst the second underwent retrieval safely in the Emergency Department. Tabletop party confetti should be considered in patients presenting with a suspected button battery impaction of the hard palate, which will drastically change the approach to clinical management and potentially minimise harms.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | WS Pediatrics > By Age Groups > WS 430 Infancy |
Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-023-07935-9 |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Pubrouter |
Depositing User: | JISC Pubrouter |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2023 12:59 |
Last Modified: | 30 Mar 2024 04:12 |
URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/22311 |
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