Swallowing disc batteries can cause severe injury in children

Monday, September 20, 2010 - 15:28 in Health & Medicine

Severe injury to the esophagus can occur after a child swallows a disc battery, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

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