An unexpected surprise: delayed gastric outlet obstruction from coin ingestion

An unexpected surprise: delayed gastric outlet obstruction from coin ingestion

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Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is characterized by postprandial vomiting due to mechanical obstruction.Rarely it can occur due to ingestion of a foreign body.Most cases of foreign body ingestion are benign, with passage Lamps of the ingested object into the stool with no clinical sequelae.We describe a case of an 80-year-old woman with GOO occurring secondary to ingestion of two coins (American quarters).

Rarely will Outdoor Curved Corner Chair with Cushion such a small object cause a true gastric outlet obstruction.To our knowledge this makes the second such case reported in the medical literature.