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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2020; 11(02): 165-167
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3401455
Case Report

Mobile Phone in Stomach—Is Endoscopic Trial Worthwhile?: A Case Report

Ankush Pawar
1   Department of Gastroenterology, G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
,
Ashok Dalal
1   Department of Gastroenterology, G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
,
Amol Dahale
1   Department of Gastroenterology, G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
,
Sanjeev Sachdeva
1   Department of Gastroenterology, G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
,
Amarender Singh Puri
1   Department of Gastroenterology, G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

A 35-year-old male prisoner with a history of mobile phone ingestion was refereed to our center for management. Clinical examination was unremarkable. After confirmation on abdominal X-ray, we removed it endoscopically without any complication. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second case report of successful endoscopic removal of mobile phone.

Keywords

endoscopy - foreign body ingestion - Gastric foreign body


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Article published online:
03 July 2020

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