India, July 3 -- Surgeons in France removed over 100 pieces of metal from a 52-year-old man's stomach, according to a 2017 report published in BMJ Case Reports. The man, who reportedly suffered from psychosis, had a history of intentionally swallowing metal objects - metal objects, such as, nails, knives, screws, coins, nuts and even spoon handles were found. Also read | This CT scan belongs to 'a 73 year old woman in whom doctors discovered a 30 year old calcified fetus' aka stone baby
The man reportedly visited the emergency room five times over a five-year period, complaining of stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting blood, and in four instances, doctors surgically removed massive metal bezoars from his stomach. During his most recent vis...
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