Magnetic nasal foreign bodies in a 9-year-old male: opposites attract when it comes to nasal foreign bodies

Mark Greenberg; Anthony Magit

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.02.001

Magnetic nasal foreign bodies in a 9-year-old male: opposites attract when it comes to nasal foreign bodies

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2005 Jul;69(7):981-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.02.001.

Authors

Mark Greenberg¹, Anthony Magit

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA. mgreenberg@ucsd.edu

PMID: 15911018
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.02.001

Abstract

We report the case of a 9-year-old male who developed nasal ulcerations from magnets which were placed in his nose, and became attracted to each other across the nasal septum. The magnets came from a non-penetrating earring. Normally harmless, but when attracted to each other magnets can cause ulcerations and possibly perforation of the nasal septum and should be removed urgently whenever encountered.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Foreign Bodies / complications*
Foreign Bodies / pathology
Foreign Bodies / surgery
Humans
Magnetics*
Male
Nasal Septum / injuries*