Foreign body ingestion is common among pediatric emergency admissions, and there is
increasing awareness that the ingestion of hazardous small high-powered rare earth
magnets is rising. A recent United Kingdom (UK)-based study observed a 56% increase
in cases of foreign body ingestion in children from 2016 to 2020, with a fivefold
increase in the incidence of magnet ingestion (
1
). A multicenter UK major trauma center survey recently demonstrated that a significant
proportion of pediatric patients experienced serious complications from ball magnet
ingestion despite early and often asymptomatic presentation, with 51% requiring operative
intervention (
2
). We report herein a unique case of multiple ball magnet ingestion, in which the
sandwiching of the uvula by two magnets went initially unrecognized.Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: June 15, 2022
Accepted:
June 4,
2022
Received in revised form:
May 13,
2022
Received:
February 14,
2022
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