Citation

Brown CR. J. Laryngol. Otol. 1994; 108(7): 589-590.

Affiliation

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, JLO Ltd., Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7930898

Abstract

A child presenting with fever, unilateral nasal discharge and sinusitis was found to have an alkaline disk button battery in the right nostril causing severe mucosal damage and septal perforation. The case is presented and mechanisms of injury discussed.

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