Button battery ingestion

The authors warned that button battery ingestion can be a source of lithium poisoning in youngsters. 

C. Specific ieveis. See specific chemical. Urine mercury levels have been reported to be elevated after button battery ingestion. 

Button battery ingestion is rare, but the incidence is increasing (Yardeni et al. 2004). Most are less than 15 mm in diameter, and pass uneventfully. Button batteries contain alkali and cause injury by direct corrosion, voltage burns and pressure necro-... 

Yardeni D, Yardeni H, Coran AG, Golladay ES (2004) Severe esophageal damage due to button battery ingestion can it be prevented Pediatr Surg Int 20 496-501... 

A five-year-old boy swallowed a button battery containing lithium (546). During the 4 days after ingestion, he developed a serum lithium concentration of 0.71 mmol/l without signs of lithium toxicity and with normal renal function. The battery was eventually retrieved by gastrotomy. 

Mahon PT, White JS, Thompson RLE. Systemic absorption of hthium following ingestion of a hthium button battery. Hum Exp Toxicol 2004 23 192-5. 

Litovitz T and Schmitz BE (1992) Ingestion of cylindrical and button batteries An analysis of 2,382 cases. Pediatrics 89 747-757. 

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