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Human & Experimental Toxicology
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Systemic absorption of lithium following ingestion of a lithium button battery

P T Mallon

Department of Surgery, Ward 9, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK, 67 Seavers Road, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland BT35 8RD, petermallon{at}hotmail.com

J S White

R L E Thompson

Department of Surgery, Ward 9, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK

Accidental ingestion of electrical batteries occurs commonly in children. This rarely is associated with severe morbidity and mortality.1,2 Significant symptoms can arise due to leakage of alkali or heavy metals from the battery after degradation in the gastrointestinal tract. The main heavy metal of concern in electrical batteries is mercury;3-6 this is the first report of ingestion of a lithium battery in a child associated with systemic absorption of lithium.

Key Words: button battery • lithium • toxicity

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 23, No. 4, 193-195 (2004)
DOI: 10.1191/0960327104ht433oa
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