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Mohsen Ebrahimi1, Jafar Malmir1, Azadeh Mahmoudi-Gharaee1
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract:
Ingestion of foreign bodies is common and conservative treatment can eliminated most particlesfrom the gastrointestinal tractunless peritoneal signs appear. A 22-year-old man presented to emergency department who had ingested glass particles of a crushed beveragebottle.Hecomplained ofepigastric and periumbilical pain. Physical examination did not revealany peritoneal signs. Abdominal X-ray showed stomach full of small glass particles. Conservative treatment, without any surgical intervention,resulted insafely eliminating glass particlesin this patient.
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