TY - JOUR PY - 1993// TI - The hazards of alkaline disk batteries as foreign bodies in the nose JO - Auris, Nasus, Larynx A1 - Sakumoto, M. A1 - Tsukuda, M. A1 - Mochimatsu, I. A1 - Ogahara, N. SP - 317 EP - 321 VL - 20 IS - 4 N2 - This paper reports a case of intranasal chemical burn and septal perforation caused by an alkaline disk battery accidentally entrapped in the nasal cavity of a 3-year-old girl. The battery in the nasal cavity was removed after about 44 hours, but nasal septal perforation without nasal deformity occurred about 3 weeks after accident.
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