Gastric Foreign Body


25 year-old man presenting with nausea and abdominal discomfort, who had ingested dozens of interlocked safety pins.


77 year-old woman with dementia, undergoing endoscopy for insertion of a feeding gastrostomy tube. An incidental finding was this cloth-covered elastic hair accessory which the patient had apparently recently ingested.


69 year-old man with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, who had a coil-type esophageal stent placed four weeks previously. The stent has migrated from the esophagus and into the stomach.

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