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Unusual retrograde movement of a safety-pin ingested by an infant |
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| Authors: | Gardikis Stefanos Danielides Vassilios Tsalkidis Aggelos Vaos George Chatzimicael Athanassios Simopoulos Constantinos |
| Affiliation: | Department of Paediatric Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece. sgardik@med.duth.gr |
| Abstract: | Here we present the first reported case of an ingested open safety-pin in a 7-mo-old boy that migrated from the stomach to the oesophagus. CONCLUSION: This rare complication is probably due to a gastro-oesophageal reflux effect, and for this reason we propose that all infants with safety-pins and other sharp objects in the stomach should be positioned in a semi-upright position. |
| Keywords: | Gastro-oesophageal reflux gastrointestinal foreign body infant safety-pin |
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