• Vol. 40 No. 10, 475–476
  • 15 October 2011

Swallowed Fish Bone Expelled Spontaneously after Perforating the Small Bowel

We report an unusual case of an elderly gentleman with small bowel perforation secondary to a swallowed fish bone, who spontaneously expelled the foreign body (FB) on the day before his planned surgery, almost 2 months after the ingestion.

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