Pediatric Magnet Ingestion with Delayed Presentation: Case Series from Tertiary Center in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Swallowing foreign bodies is common in young kids, especially those aged 6 months to 6 years. Magnet ingestion is a hazardous health issue that extremely jeopardizes the most vulnerable group, children, to risks of intestinal obstruction and worse, perforation. We, hereby, report 3 cases of magnet ingestion in the pediatric age group who had multiple beaded magnets stuck inside their GI tract over a variable period of 1 to 10 months before their presentation to the Emergency Department, King Fahad Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Keywords:

• magnet ingestion
• pediatric
• emergency
• foreign body
• Saudi Arabia

Ethical Considerations

Written consent for publication of case details and images was obtained and signed by the parents of the children for full disclosure while maintaining strict confidentiality with respect to the patient’s medical information and images under the approval of the King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) research center ethical committee.

Acknowledgment

The authors would like to acknowledge the Parents of the child, Children Specialized Hospital (CSH) at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) staff for their contribution to the completion of this case report. The authors would like to thank the Research Center at King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, for their editing of this article. The abstract of this paper was presented as a poster at the research day symposium in King Fahad Medical City (KFMC).

Author Contributions

All authors made a significant contribution to the work reported, whether that is in the conception, study design, execution, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation, or in all these areas; took part in drafting, revising or critically reviewing the article; gave final approval of the version to be published; have agreed on the journal to which the article has been submitted; and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure

All authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Funding

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