Troubling Toys: Rare-Earth Magnet Ingestion in Children Causing Bowel Perforations
Figure 1
(a) Plain X-ray of abdomen of 2-year-old girl showing ingested 26 pieces of rare-earth magnets joined together in linear fashion. (b) Repeated plain abdominal X-ray of the same patient after 36 hours showing ingested rare-earth magnets forming a ring in the left upper abdomen with no free air and/or obstructive bowel pattern.
