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Diffuse bowel dilatation and two circular radiopaque opacities in the bowel suspicious of foreign body.
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Initial abdominal radiography showed diffuse bowel dilatation but no apparent air-fluid level and two circular radiopaque opacities in the bowel suggestive of metallic foreign bodies (Figure 1).
Two metallic beads were removed during surgery for gangrenous small bowel.
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Two magnetic beads sized 5 mm x 5 mm were found (Figure 2), one in the small bowel and the other in the right colon.
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Five linear round radiopaque opacities in the epigastrium of an asymptomatic child.
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Initial abdominal radiography showed five round radiopaque objects in the epigastrium (Figure 3).