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. 2025 Jan 9;12(1):e70030.
doi: 10.1002/ams2.70030. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.

Crayon ingestion

Kisho Noda  1 , Tomoki Wada  1 , Ryohei Horie  1 , Toshifumi Asada  1 , Ryota Inokuchi  1 , Kent Doi  1
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Crayon ingestion

Kisho Noda et al. Acute Med Surg. .
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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
(A) Computed tomography showed multiple high‐density cylindrical objects in the lower esophagus, stomach, and isolated in the ileum (arrow heads). (B) Three‐dimensional (3D) image. (C) Urgent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed crayons in the stomach (arrows). (D) The removed crayons.
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