Female patient, 4 years old, with a history of two days of abdominal pain and vomiting.
Attended in the Emergency Department, the physical examination showed sensitivity to palpation of the upper hemiabmen, with abdominal discomfort and muscular resistance.
A simple abdominal X-ray revealed a metallic cydrical foreign body projected to the left upper quadrant associated with signs of massive pneumoperitoneum.
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A laparoscopy was performed, identifying fecal-free liquid, with perforation of the anterior wall of the stomach and transverse colon.
Three magnets were found in the abdominal cavity and two others were recovered endoscopically from the gastric lumen.
