All the Wrong Places: An Unusual Case of Foreign Body Ingestion and Inhalation

Intentional ingestion of foreign bodies is common in psychiatric patients and prison inmates. Timing of endoscopy for ingested foreign bodies varies and depends on the type and location of the foreign body in the gastrointestinal tract. We present the case of a 26-year-old man who was brought from a...

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Main Authors: V.S. Tammana, N. Valluru, A. Sanderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-12-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/346287