Abstract
A case of a 24-year-old man with schizophrenia. After ingesting a button battery (witnessed by others) , he visited the outpatient department of our hospital. Radiographic examination confirmed the presence of the battery in the stomach, leading to the diagnosis of ingestion of a foreign body with toxic contents. Emergency endoscopy was performed. The button battery found in the stomach was recovered with a retrieval net. On arrival, the patient was in an agitated state. Because our hospital’s psychiatrists were unavailable, sedation was provided by the same doctor who performed endoscopy. To examine patients in a state of psychomotor agitation, it is necessary that doctors who perform endoscopy be able to sedate them with haloperidol or levomepromazine when necessary.
