Odd x-rays: Things in places they shouldn't be

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This Ohio teenager didn’t get the memo that he needed to blow a blowgun to launch the dart. He accidentally inhaled a homemade blowgun dart and it lodged in his throat.


At first, the boy did not tell doctors about inhaling the dart, but eventually admitted to swallowing it after it showed up on X-rays. This case was published in the July 2013 issue of the journal Pediatrics.



This Ohio teenager was stuck with a big problem when he accidentally inhaled a homemade blowgun dart and it lodged in his throat.


This Ohio teenager didn’t get the memo that he needed to blow a blowgun to launch the dart. He accidentally inhaled a homemade blowgun dart and it lodged in his throat.


At first, the boy did not tell doctors about inhaling the dart, but eventually admitted to swallowing it after it showed up on X-rays. This case was published in the July 2013 issue of the journal Pediatrics.


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Those with dental braces swallow small parts all the time, but accidentally inhaling an object that comes loose can cause serious breathing difficulties when an object like this one winds up in the lungs.

Those with dental braces swallow small parts all the time, but accidentally inhaling an object that comes loose can cause serious breathing difficulties when an object like this one winds up in the lungs.


This unusual x-ray was featured in the book, “Stuck Up! 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be.” The book features 100 X-ray images, many from patients entering emergency rooms at hospitals in Western Massachusetts.


Jennifer Hale


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This patient swallowed rare coins on purpose in an attempt to smuggle them undetected out of the country. Too bad for him, airport metal detectors penetrate skin.

This patient swallowed rare coins on purpose in an attempt to smuggle them undetected out of the country. Too bad for him, airport metal detectors penetrate skin.


This unusual x-ray was featured in the book, “Stuck Up! 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be.”


Jennifer Hale


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That engagement ring at the bottom of a champagne glass sounds like a romantic way to propose, until the bride-to-be swallows it.

That engagement ring at the bottom of a champagne glass sounds like a romantic way to propose, until the bride-to-be swallows it. This one was fortunately small enough to pass through the digestive tract on its own.


This unusual x-ray was featured in the book, “Stuck Up! 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be.”


Jennifer Hale


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Surgeons are supposed to count all clamps that they put into the body and count them again when they remove them.

Surgeons are supposed to count all clamps that they put into the body and count them again when they remove them. Nevertheless, some clamps, like this hemostat used to control bleeding, sometimes get left inside accidentally.


This unusual x-ray was featured in the book, “Stuck Up! 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be.”


Jennifer Hale


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Ever wonder what happens if you push a rectal thermometer in a little too far? Now you know.

Ever wonder what happens if you push a rectal thermometer in a little too far? Now you know.


This unusual x-ray was featured in the book, “Stuck Up! 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be.”


Jennifer Hale


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