Sunday, April 5, 2009
Swallowing Coins
This 7 year old child was brought to the ED because she had pain when she swallowed and "stomach pain".  It turns out she shook a piggy bank upside down above her head and a few coins fell out.  She swallowed one of them.The X-ray shows a coin in the stomach.  Because the child and her family were going on vacation the next day, an upper endoscopy (image#1)  was done and 2 coins were seen in the