Endoscopic treatment of a child with a magnetic foreign body in the gastric wall

Introduction. Foreign bodies of the gastrointestinal tract remain an urgent problem in pediatric surgery. At the same time, magnetic foreign bodies are not an uncommon reason for hospitalization. The main property of magnets is magnetic attraction, which leads to the formation of various complications during the passage of the gastrointestinal tract. Materials and methods, results. A clinical case of a child with a magnetic foreign body embedded in the stomach wall is presented. An endoscopic examination was performed and intraluminal removal of a foreign body from the stomach wall was performed without complications. Conclusion. Magnetic foreign bodies can bind in different parts of the gastrointestinal tract and create severe complications: fistulous openings, perforations, and rare cases of penetration into the wall. In our example, endoscopic treatment made it possible with minimal invasion remove a foreign body from the layers of the stomach wall and significantly shorten the period of the child’s hospitalisation. This clinical case demonstrates the possibility of using endoscopic treatment for the insertion of foreign bodies into the stomach wall.