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Author(s) -
Qualliotine Jesse R.,
Friesen Tzyyg L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3998
Subject(s) - pathognomonic , medicine , foreign body , foreign body ingestion , sign (mathematics) , ingestion , general surgery , surgery , pathology , disease , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Suspicion for battery ingestion should be maintained for any round radiopaque foreign body. Presence of the classic “double ring” sign on plain film should prompt emergent operative removal, although it is not pathognomonic.