Woman Accidentally Swallows Coffee Spoon Has It Removed From Jejunum, With No Complications
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
Foreign-body ingestion is a relatively common presentation at emergency departments, but long metallic spoon swallowing is an infrequent occurrence. Researchers report a case of a coffee spoon that was swallowed accidentally and passed through the stomach and reached the jejunum, with no complications.