Five days earlier, the Soc Trang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Specialty Hospital admitted a 6-year-old boy, HTL, from Tai Van commune, Can Tho city, with severe pain in the right iliac fossa and signs of infection.
According to the medical history, the family reported that baby L. complained of abdominal pain, suspected to be due to swallowing a foreign object, at an unspecified time. Initially, the pain was mild, then gradually increased, causing baby L. to cry a lot and develop a fever, so the family took her to the hospital.
At the hospital, a contrast-enhanced abdominal X-ray revealed a chain-like foreign body located in the abdominal region around the navel and right iliac fossa. Doctors held a multidisciplinary consultation and unanimously agreed to perform emergency laparoscopic abdominal surgery.
During the surgery, four magnets were found stuck together, causing a bowel obstruction that resulted in two perforations in two different locations. The medical team removed the foreign objects and sutured the perforations. Two days after the surgery, the child's health had stabilized, and she was able to have bowel movements, but she needed to remain hospitalized for further monitoring.
Dr. Chung Tan Dinh, Director of the Soc Trang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Specialty Hospital, said that magnets have magnetic properties, so when two or more magnets are swallowed, they tend to stick together.
In this case, four magnets were located in two different sections of the intestine, attracting each other and causing the sections to stick together, leading to an intestinal obstruction. The magnetic pull exerted pressure on the intestinal wall, causing ischemia, which in turn led to necrosis and perforation of the intestine, resulting in peritonitis. Fortunately, L.'s case was treated promptly.
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/be-trai-6-tuoi-thung-ruot-do-nuot-4-vien-nam-cham-post808978.html
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