Management of Button Battery Stricture in 22-Day-Old Neonate

Abstract

A 22-day-old baby girl was admitted to the Emergency Department 18 hours after her 2-year-old aunt pushed a button battery (BB) with a diameter of 12 mm and a thickness of 5 mm into her mouth when the mother was not around (child neglect). There was no history of cough, choking or cyanosis. Clinical examination showed a 3.5-kg baby who was maintaining normal O2 saturation in room air and had stable vital signs. Examination of all systems was normal. Based on the mother's suspicion, as the battery was missing from a toy, a chest X‐ray was done and showed the BB at the level of T1/T2 ([Fig. 1]).