X-ray (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

X-ray

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This is an X-ray of a two-year-old boy after swallowing a battery from a Christmas ornament. The X-ray shows the battery (indicated by arrow) has moved into the colon.

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Courtesy Lois Lee, MD, Children's Hospital Boston

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