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Case Reports
. 2014 Dec 2:2014:bcr2014208083.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-208083.

An acute abdomen secondary to ingestion of multiple magnets

Richard Lindsay Hesketh  1 , Katherine Styles  1 , Jayanti Rangasami  1
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Case Reports

An acute abdomen secondary to ingestion of multiple magnets

Richard Lindsay Hesketh et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Anteroposterior abdominal radiograph showing a central, radio-opaque, ‘beaded’ foreign body.
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Figure 2
(A) Magnetic beads postoperatively. (B) Small bowel fistula secondary to magnet attraction.
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