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A plain abdominal radiograph shows several bar-shaped and sphere-shaped magnets attached to each other. Together they mimic the shape of the stomach. One solitary magnet is seen far away in the intestine.
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The objects presented a unique view inside the stomach (Figure 1).
The same patient (Figure 1); multiple bar toys, ball bearings and tiny magnets were removed.
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Thirty-five magnetic toy bars, 22 tiny cylinder-shaped magnets, and 12 ball bearings (sphere shaped) were removed (Figure 2).
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An intraoperative image indicates intestinal perforations caused by pressure necrosis of attached magnets.
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An emergent laparotomy showed two attached small magnetic objects in the jejunum and two similar ones attached in the cecum (Figure 3).
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A plain abdominal radiograph shows two magnets attracted each other in the intestinal loops that provided a unique view.
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The plain radiograph showed two oval-shaped metallic objects attached to each other in the right lower quadrant of abdomen (Figure 4).