Cemil KAVALCI, YAVUZ ATAKAN SEZER, İrfan COŞKUNOĞLU

An unusual foreign body in stomach: Dining fork

18 yaşında erkek hasta acil servisimize çatal yutma şikayeti ile başvurdu. Çekilen karın grafisinde midede çatal olduğu görüldü. Hastanın laboratuvar bulguları normal değerlerdeydi. Hastanın midesindeki çatal cerrahi olarak çıkarıldı.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Acil durumlar, Mide, Ergen, Yabancı cisimler, Erkek

Midede sıradışı bir yabancı cisim: Yemek çatalı

An 18-year-old male patient applied to the emergency department with complaint of fork swallowing. Abdominal film of the patient showed meal fork in the stomach. Laboratory signs of the patient were normal. The fork in the stomach of the patient was removed surgically.

Keywords:

Emergencies, Stomach, Adolescent, Foreign Bodies, Male,

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