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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Button battery vs coin ingestion

Button battery can mimic coin on Xray film. Hence be careful.

How to differentiate button battery from coin on Xray film:

= AP view: halo/ double rim effect



= Lateral view: step off effect (due to the negative terminal)




COMPARED TO X-RAY OF COIN INGESTION




Great flowchart to summarise management:
http://www.poison.org/battery/guideline.asp

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