Hyderabad, Feb. 19 -- The KIMS hospital in Hyderabad's Kondapur successfully operated on a 26-year-old man from Karimnagar, suffering from a persistent cough and unexplained weight loss for ten days, was found to have a pen cap lodged in his lungs which he accidentally swallowed the age of 5.

Doctors at KIMS Hospital in Hyderabad diagnosed the issue after a CT scan revealed a lump-like structure.

At first, doctors suspected it to be an obstruction whereas further examination during the procedure confirmed it was a pen cap.

When doctors inquired, his elder brother recalled that the patient had swallowed it at age five. At the time, an examination found nothing unusual, and it was assumed the object had passed naturally.

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