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Time for gastroscopy
![]() A 48-year-old male psychiatric inpatient presented with
dysphagia and a history of swallowing two rings and a wristwatch. Chest X-rays
confirmed a wristwatch and two rings in the distal oesophagus. An
otolaryngologist performed rigid oesophagoscopy, but the watch migrated into the
stomach. A flexible gastroscopy was performed and a Casio digital wristwatch,
displaying the correct time, and two signet rings were identified in the stomach
and removed using a snare. The patient recovered and has not
represented.
We are grateful to Drs Richard B Gearry, H Bramwell
Cook and Michael J Burt, of the Department of Gastroenterology, Christchurch
Hospital, for this issue’s Medical Image.
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