Open AccessPneumopericardium due to ingestion of button battery
Author(s) -
Jai Prakash Soni,
Sandeep Choudhary,
Pawan Sharma,
Mohan Makwana
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.171387
Subject(s) - medicine , battery (electricity) , tracheoesophageal fistula , pneumopericardium , esophagus , conservative management , surgery , pericardium , leak , alkaline battery , ingestion , pneumothorax , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , environmental engineering , engineering
Mostly ingested button batteries passed through the gastrointestinal tract without any adverse effects. But button battery can lead to hazardous complications including tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), especially when the battery is impacted in the esophagus. Urgent esophagoscopic removal of the battery is essential in all cases. Once the TEF is identified, conservative management is the initial treatment of choice. Delayed primary repair can be tried if spontaneous closure does not occur. Here in we want to report a rare case of air leak syndrome, pneumo-pericardium secondary to the corrosive effect of a button battery and child recovered completely with conservative management.