Multiple magnet ingestion causing volvulus
A 22-month-old boy presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of constipation and a 1-day history of non-bilious vomiting. Examination showed a soft, distended abdomen with sluggish bowel sounds. Abdominal X-ray (figure 1) showed distended small bowel loops, lack of bowel gas distally and five foreign bodies in the right iliac fossa, likely magnetic beads from a sibling’s new toy, although the ingestion was not witnessed. Figure 1 Abdominal X-ray showing dilated loops of bowel …