Perforation of Meckel's Diverticulum by a Button Battery: Report of a Case

• DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3536-2
• Publication Date: 2007-11-20T08:51:34Z
• Authors: Ayşe Karaman; Ibrahim Karaman; Derya Erdoğan; Yusuf Hakan Çavuş...; Mustafa Kemal Aslan; Onursal Varlıkli; Özden Çakmak
• Keywords: Male; Radiography, Abdominal; Rupture; Laparotomy; Infant; 3. Good health; Diagnosis, Differential; Meckel Diverticulum; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Foreign-Body Migration; Ileum; Intestinal Perforation; Humans; Follow-Up Studies

A perforation of Meckel's diverticulum (MD) by foreign bodies is an extremely rare cause of acute abdomen in children. We herein present a rare case of perforation of Meckel's diverticulum in a child after swallowing an alkaline button battery that contained lithium.