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Previous Volume 338:1474-1475 May 14, 1998 Number 20 Next

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To the Editor: A 10-year-old girl presented to the emergency room with pressure and discomfort in the nose. Earlier that day she had placed a pair of magnetic earrings in her nose, one on each lateral ala, to mimic a bilaterally pierced nose. These earrings, now available in stores throughout the United States, consist of a small, decorative metallic earring and a small but powerful magnetic disk in the shape of a watch battery. The magnet is strong enough to hold the earring in place by producing a percutaneous magnetic field through the ear lobe. Several hours after putting on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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