Ingested twin ball magnets in a Nepalese boy: swallowed but not forgotten!
Ashish Lal Shrestha, Saukat Ali, Satyam Rimal Upadhyay · 2026
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Ashish Lal Shrestha and colleagues reported swallowed twin magnets in 2026 in a 5 year old Nepalese boy, a case titled swallowed but not forgotten. Swallowed foreign bodies in children are a common emergency, and most pass through the gut without harm. Multiple magnets, or a magnet plus another metal object, pose serious bowel risks including obstruction, pressure necrosis, perforation, and fistula.
The boy reportedly swallowed twin ball magnets a month before presentation and stayed largely asymptomatic until imaging revealed them. Endoscopic retrieval succeeded and avoided invasive surgery, with close prolonged follow up showing no complications. The case urges high suspicion for magnet ingestion, since silent magnets can injure bowel if missed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ashish Lal Shrestha, Saukat Ali, Satyam Rimal Upadhyay |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |