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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2025

A key to a parent's heart lies in their child's stomach: a case of foreign body ingestion in a child.

Gabriel A Molina, Carlos E Oliva-Torres, Xavier R Mantilla, Carolina Portilla, Miguel J Ochoa-Andrade

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Gabriel A MolinaDepartment of General Surgery Hospital IESS Quito Sur, School of Medicine Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), 170901, Av. Diego de Robles, Quito, Ecuador.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0001-9070
Carlos E Oliva-TorresSchool of Medicine Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), 170525, Avenida 12 de Octubre, Quito, Ecuador.
Xavier R MantillaSchool of Medicine Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), 170525, Avenida 12 de Octubre, Quito, Ecuador.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4074-6811
Carolina PortillaSchool of Medicine Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), 170525, Avenida 12 de Octubre, Quito, Ecuador.
Miguel J Ochoa-AndradeGraduate School, Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), 170137, Av. de los Granados, Quito, Ecuador.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foreign body ingestion is a common problem in pediatrics; some of them can be life-threatening, such as button batteries, magnets, and sharp, pointy objects. Due to the intestine's intrinsic capacity to protect against these events, most foreign bodies pass without harm. Nonetheless, severe complications can arise in some patients. Therefore, prevention, parent education, a high index of suspicion, and close surveillance are essential tools to treat these patients. We present the case of a toddler who accidentally ingested a foreign body (key) and was placed under close surveillance since she was asymptomatic. After 72 hours the key passed and she fully recovered.

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childrenforeign bodyingested foreign body

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PMCPMC12257094

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