Swallowed foreign body

Case contributed by Michael Sargent
Diagnosis certain
x-ray

An ingested radio-opaque foreign body is projected inferior to the medial aspect of the left hemidiaphragm. The child's parents brought in a similar object for radiographic comparison.

Case Discussion

Child who swallowed a foreign body had parents clever enough to bring in a similar object for radiographic comparison. 

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