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Peristaltic closure of a safety pin—An unusual fate of a safety pin seen as a foreign body in the gastrointestinal tract

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Lars André ,
Sven Ingelstedt  and
Örjan Tjernström
Lars André
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Lund, General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
Sven Ingelstedt
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Lund, General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
Örjan Tjernström
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Lund, General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
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Summary

This report presents a case where an open safety pin passed through the Esophagus and where Nature herself finally solved the problem by closing the pin, which was afterwards carried in the faecal stream and discharged from the body without any harm to the patient.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 100 , Issue 4 , April 1986 , pp. 385 - 388
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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