Brown C R
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand.
J Laryngol Otol. 1994 Jul;108(7):589-90. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100127513.
A child presenting with fever, unilateral nasal discharge and sinusitis was found to have an alkaline disk button battery in the right nostril causing severe mucosal damage and septal perforation. The case is presented and mechanisms of injury discussed.