Two Intersting Cases of Foreign Bodies Ingestion
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Two intersting cases of foreign bodies ingestion reported. First case who was a mentaly depressed, ingested many needles and bistoury blades. Few of them were fixed in patient's Meckel Diverticulum. A lot of foreign bodies removed by simple extraction transmurally or gastrotomy or intestinal resection. A few of them passed spontaneously by stool. Second case commiting suicide ingested chalky water that produced chalky stomach which was removed by gastrotomy.
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volume 12 issue 3
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publication date 1988-09
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