An uncommon source for oesophageal foreign body: Fidget spinner

Fidget spinner is a new handheld toy with potential choking and ingestion hazard. Our objectives are to describe clinical presentation of a child with fidget spinner ingestion and draw attention to danger associated with fidget spinner. A 3-year-old boy presented with painful swallowing and feeling...

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Main Authors: Charles Saadeh, Seckin O Ulualp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18781229
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description Fidget spinner is a new handheld toy with potential choking and ingestion hazard. Our objectives are to describe clinical presentation of a child with fidget spinner ingestion and draw attention to danger associated with fidget spinner. A 3-year-old boy presented with painful swallowing and feeling of something stuck in the throat. A chest radiograph revealed a radiopaque foreign body with a disc-like component. Rigid oesophagoscopy revealed a foreign object with disc battery and battery holder circuit board. Clinicians should consider the fidget spinner as one of many varieties of toys that has potential for button battery ingestion or aspiration.
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spelling doaj.art-5564bb06edc44099b2e2b41f0b0336722022-12-21T18:32:34ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open Medical Case Reports2050-313X2018-06-01610.1177/2050313X18781229An uncommon source for oesophageal foreign body: Fidget spinnerCharles Saadeh0Seckin O Ulualp1Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USADivision of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s Health, Dallas, TX, USAFidget spinner is a new handheld toy with potential choking and ingestion hazard. Our objectives are to describe clinical presentation of a child with fidget spinner ingestion and draw attention to danger associated with fidget spinner. A 3-year-old boy presented with painful swallowing and feeling of something stuck in the throat. A chest radiograph revealed a radiopaque foreign body with a disc-like component. Rigid oesophagoscopy revealed a foreign object with disc battery and battery holder circuit board. Clinicians should consider the fidget spinner as one of many varieties of toys that has potential for button battery ingestion or aspiration.https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18781229
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title An uncommon source for oesophageal foreign body: Fidget spinner
title_full An uncommon source for oesophageal foreign body: Fidget spinner
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title_short An uncommon source for oesophageal foreign body: Fidget spinner
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