Ingestion of an unusually high number of foreign bodies in a mentally ill man

González García, FranciscoConcheiro Coello, PabloBrenlla González, Juan2025-03-102025-03-102024-07-09Journal of Visceral Surgery 162 (2025) 50-51https://hdl.handle.net/10347/40142The vast majority of ingested foreign bodies (FB) can pass through the digestive tract without major incidences. In some cases, they accumulate in large amounts in the stomach. They can also perforate the gastrointestinal wall and migrate to extraluminal sites, remaining quiescent for many years. We report a case of a psychiatric patient with more than 100 ingested FB in the stomacheng© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Masson SASAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/321301 Cirugía abdominal3211 PsiquiatríaIngestion of an unusually high number of foreign bodies in a mentally ill manjournal article10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2024.06.0101878-7886open access