Fish bones, followed by other types of bones, followed by dentures, are what most often end up in adults' digestive tracts, according to a new review, from Düsseldorf University Hospital, of adults ...

From earrings to Christmas ornaments, children are swallowing objects at a rate that’s been rising over the last two decades, with battery ingestions increasing “rather dramatically,” new research has ...

A 51-year-old man unintentionally swallowed a dental crown, resulting in an unusual case of appendicitis caused by ingestion of a foreign body, according to a case report published April 12 in the ...

A man in Ireland swallowed an entire cellphone that became lodged in his stomach and was tricky to remove, according to a new report of the case. The 29-year-old man was a prisoner who was brought to ...

Swallowed toothbrush circled in red (Image courtesy A. Heffess, M.D.) Dr. Alejandro Heffess first encountered the toothbrush mystery back in around 2003, when he was a radiology resident at Mount ...