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Open Access 01-06-2010 | Clinical Images
Foreign body in the abdomen
Published in: International Journal of Emergency Medicine | Issue 2/2010
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A 4-year-old boy without any medical history of systemic disease was brought to the emergency department by his parent after accidentally swallowing a coin: one New Taiwan Dollar (2 cm × 2 cm). An X-ray of the abdomen was arranged and showed a round-shaped metallic object over the left upper quadrant region which may possibly be located in the stomach (Fig. 1). Serial X-rays of the abdomen were done 3 days later, 1 week later and 2 weeks later on an outpatient basis with laxatives prescribed. The coin passed spontaneously roughly 28 days later without any need for surgical intervention.
Fig. 1
Serial radiographs of the abdomen showingspontaneous passage of a round metallic object 28 days later
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