Swallowed foreign body

Case contributed by Daniel J Bell
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Swallowed dental bridge. Abdominal pain.

Patient Data

Age: 45 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Radiopaque foreign body projected over the right pelvis consistent with a swallowed dental bridge, and most likely lying within the cecum/proximal ascending colon. No other findings of note.

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