Volume 26, Issue 125, July 2022

An unusual case of multiple magnets ingestion: A case reports and review of the literature

Mohammed AL Khalaf¹, Mohammed Alsheikh^1♦, Saud K Al Khaldi², Khalid Al Dhafeeri³, Dana Al Mishri⁴, Fawzia Kilany⁵

¹Consultant Otolaryngologist, Royal commission hospital, Jubail IC, Saudi Arabia
²College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
³Otolaryngology resident, Royal commission hospital, Jubail IC, Saudi Arabia
⁴Family medicine resident, Royal commission hospital, Jubail IC, Saudi Arabia
⁵Otolaryngology Senior Registrar, Royal commission hospital, Jubail IC, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Consultant Otologist, Neurotologist & Cochlear Implant Surgeon, Royal commission hospital, Jubail IC, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Foreign body ingestion is common, but magnet foreign is less commonly encountered and rarely reported. An extensive PubMed and Google scholar research has been done to search for similar cases, to the best of our knowledge; it is the first case to be reported with this large number of small magnets, reaching more than 35 magnets, and this way of management. A literature review was performed, and the results were discussed.

Keywords: magnet, neodymium, rare earth, foreign body ingestion, esophagus.

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms309e1673

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i125/ms309e1673

Published: 26 July 2022