Citation

Trabelsi M, Loukhil M, Boukthir S, Hammami A, Bennaceur B. Pediatrie 1990; 45(11): 801-805.

Vernacular Title

Ingestion accidentelle de caustiques chez l'enfant tunisien. A propos de 125 cas.

Affiliation

Service de pédiatrie, hôpital d'Enfants, place Bab-Saadoun, Tunisie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2177885

Abstract

The authors reviewed 125 cases of accidental ingestion of caustic substances admitted to a general pediatrics department over the last four years. L'eau de Javel (bleaching agent with sodium hypochloride) was the most frequently encountered caustic substance (89%). Esophagogastric fibroscopy was performed in 100 cases and esophageal lesions were classified according to tree grades of severity. In 46 cases, fibroscopy was normal, while severe esophagogastric lesions (grades 2 and 3) were found in 26 cases. On follow-up, six patients developed esophageal stricture, three of them after concentrated, eau de Javel ingestion. Stricture was severe in four cases, and required colonoplasty of the esophagus; it was limited in two cases and required endoscopic dilatation only. The authors emphasize the frequency and the severity of lesions caused by chloride bleach (eau de Javel) and recommend that fibroscopy be carried out in all children following ingestion of any caustic substance, even in the absence of oropharyngeal burns.

Language: fr