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    Battery found lodged inside toddler's esophagus

    A one-year-and-nine-month-old toddler swallowed a battery that became lodged in his esophagus, endangering his life.

    The toddler suffered from repeated vomiting for six weeks, and it was only after this period was he X-rayed at Schneider Hospital, when it became clear that a circular (button) battery was lodged in his esophagus.