title: Unusual gastric foreign body: a case report.
abstract: Ingestion of foreign bodies, either intentionally or accidentally, is quite common. The authors report an unusual case in which a 32-year-old man deliberately assembled a large metallic aggregate in his stomach by swallowing magnets and coins in order to relieve epigastric discomfort. The collection was retrieved by laparotomy and gastrotomy; a gastric ulcer was also found and it was oversewn. Management of this patient is discussed and the principles of treatment for ingested foreign bodies are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D008670:Metals