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Plain abdomen imaging revealed the opacity outline of the mis-swallowed spoon.
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F1
Plain abdominal imaging revealed a tablespoon lying horizontally in the center of her abdomen (Fig. 1).
Endoscopy view of the mis-swallowed spoon. The spoon was incarcerated in the duodenum with the handle tip toward the proximal part of the duodenum.
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F2
Emergent endoscopy examination disclosed that the entire spoon passed through the antrum and the handle end of the spoon was extended to the second portion of the duodenum (Fig. 2).
An endoscopic snare was used for spoon retrieval.
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F3
The spoon was later retracted successfully from the stomach with the snare tightly attached to the junction between the handle end and head part of the spoon (Fig. 3) and passed through the esophagocardiac junction readily.
The spoon measured 14 cm in length.
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F4
The spoon measured 14 cm in length (Fig. 4) and was removed as an intact piece.