Magnets ingestion as a rare cause of ileus in adults: A case report

Introduction. Magnetic foreign bodies are harmless when ingested as a single object. However, if numerous of individual magnets are ingested at certain intervals, one after the other, they may attract each other through the bowel wall and cause severe bowel damage. Case report. We re-ported a case o...

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Main Authors: Doklestić Krstina, Lončar Zlatibor, Jovanović Bojan, Veličković Jelena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, Belgrade 2017-01-01
Series:Vojnosanitetski Pregled
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2017/0042-84501600299D.pdf
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