Repeated Synchronous Aspiration and Ingestion of a Sharp Metallic Foreign Body in a Mentally Disabled Adolescent

<div>The first episode of FB aspiration and ingestion. (a) PA radiography on admission. (b) Mediastinal emphysema at thoracotomy. (c) FB (arrow) protruding through the left main bronchus (insert: FB removed). (d) Laparotomy and gastrotomy. (e) Metallic FBs removed from the stomach.</div>

Case Reports in Surgery

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Figure 1: Repeated Synchronous Aspiration and Ingestion of a Sharp Metallic Foreign Body in a Mentally Disabled Adolescent 