Medical Must-See: Swallow a fork, go under the knife
Her doctors note that reports of fork ingestion are on the rise.
Little differential diagnostic deliberation was necessary when this 22-year-old Syrian presented to ED with epigastric pain and nausea.
While playing with her children, she had accidentally swallowed a table fork — handle first.
Doctors from Adnan Menderes University ED in Turkey sent her for a chest X-ray, which revealed that the prongs of the fork were in the oesophagus and the handle in the gastric lumen.
Her vital signs and laboratory tests, including serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, were normal.
