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Button battery of the external auditory canal

Button battery of the external auditory canal
(A) Right pinna with lodged button battery (arrow).
(B) Corroded button battery after removal.
(C) Ear canal after button battery removal. Note necrotic soft tissue and bone where these tissues contacted the battery's negative pole (arrow).
Courtesy of Glenn C Isaacson, MD, FAAP.
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