A case of child death caused by intestinal volvulus following magnetic toy ingestion. Issue 3 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Olczak, Mieszko; Skrzypek, Ewa
• Is Part Of: Legal medicine. Volume 17:Issue 3(2015:May)
• Page Start: 184
• Page End: 187
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Medical jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine légale -- Périodiques; Medical jurisprudence; Periodicals; 614.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.11.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1344-6223

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab005"> <title id="st055">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0005"> <list id="l0005"> <list-item id="o0005"> <label></label> <p id="p0055">A sudden death of an 8-year old boy with a history of bloody vomits and stomach ache occurred in the ER of one of Warsaw's hospitals.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0060">Forensic autopsy revealed presence of two magnetic spheres in the lumen of the intestines.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0065">The cause of death was intestinal volvulus caused by foreign objects (two magnetic spheres) ingestion.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0070">Most likely the magnetic objects were part of a popular toy.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>