Presentation
Swallowed coin.
Patient Data
Age: 6 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Swallowed coin foreign body with situs inversus
Frontal
Solitary round metallic foreign body in the RUQ. Dextrocardia, mirror image mainsteam bronchi and left hemidiaphragm higher than the right suggest situs inversus, in which case the foreign body is likely projected in the stomach.
No pneumoperitoneum, pneumothorax or pneumoediastinum.
Case Discussion
Nice case of a swallowed coin without complication. The patient was known to have situs inversus.