%0 Journal Article %T A Fatal Case of Lithium Battery Ingestion in a 2-Month-Old Child: A Case Report %J International Journal of Pediatrics %I Mashhad University of Medical Sciences %Z 2345-5047 %A Safi, Faiza %A Louati, Hamdi %A Abid, Hamdi %A Hsairi, Manel %A Zghal, Mohamed Ali %A Gargouri, Lamia %A Mahfoudh, Abdelmajid %D 2017 %\ 12/01/2017 %V 5 %N 12 %P 6527-6528 %! A Fatal Case of Lithium Battery Ingestion in a 2-Month-Old Child: A Case Report %K Lithium %K battery %K Child %R 10.22038/ijp.2017.27670.2392 %X Ingestion of batteries by children became more frequent in recent years, due to the increasing accessibility of electronic toys and devices to children. We report a fatal evolution of battery ingestion in a 2-month-old boy.Lithium battery ingestion is a serious condition with high risk of life-threatening complications in childhood and it can be fatal especially in extreme age, under 6 months. Urgent endoscopic removal is the best treatment to reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality. %U https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_9650_f9c8c7f002190c31af1679fea6fd97fd.pdf