Button Battery Ingestion in Children: About A Case of Fortuitous Discovery

Yvon Foli AGBEKO^1,2*, Mazama PAKOUDJARE¹, BULUS JACOB¹, Achraf Tchapide – Traore¹, Nhorine Mutanga¹, Alain Rubenga Uwito¹, Marc Yumba Mwepu³, Ferrol Bessi Moussoumou¹, Amélé Déla Akpodo¹, Tatiano Wiyao Seku⁴, Francis Agbessi Etonam Kougnigan⁴, Moussa Hamadou Boureima¹, Atèhèzi Adom⁵, Koffi Edem Djadou⁴, Mathilde Pala², Clementine Dumant² and Christophe Marguet²

¹Paediatrics Ward, University Hospital Campus, Lomé, Togo
²Paediatrics Ward, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Paediatric Nutrition Unit, University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France
³Paediatrics Ward, Bè Hospital, Lomé, Togo
⁴Paediatrics Ward, Tsevié Regional Hospital, Tsévié, Togo
⁵Public Health Training Center, University of Lomé, Lomé, Togo

*Corresponding Author: Yvon Foli AGBEKO, Paediatrics Ward, University Hospital Campus, Lomé, Togo.

Received: December 17, 2025; Published: December 30, 2025

Abstract

A 4 - year - old boy was admitted to the paediatric emergency department of Rouen University Hospital (France) for ingestion of a button battery. He was admitted for vomiting and fever. A chest X - ray performed suggested the diagnosis. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed grade 3A esophagitis according to the Zargar classification. The child was treated with Esomeprazole after endoscopic removal of the cell. Good healing of the oesophageal lesions was observed, with no stenosis at the 6th month follow - up. The urgent rigid endoscopy was successful. Long-term clinical and endoscopic monitoring is imperative.

Keywords: Foreign Body; Button Battery; Endoscopy; Child

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Citation

Citation: Yvon Foli AGBEKO., et al. “Button Battery Ingestion in Children: About A Case of Fortuitous Discovery"Acta Scientific Paediatrics 9.1 (2026): 22-25.

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