HEALTHMEDPAGE TODAY
One 'Lucky' Patient Swallowed This Object 20 Years Earlier
A 40-year-old man revealed to clinicians that he had swallowed a foreign object 20 years earlier during a drinking session. The case highlights that while foreign body ingestion is more common in children, adults also experience such incidents.
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