Fish bones, followed by other types of bones, followed by dentures, are what most often end up in adults' digestive tracts, according to a new review, from Düsseldorf University Hospital, of adults ...

Doctors in China removed a mercury thermometer from a man’s stomach who swallowed it when he was 12 years old.

From earrings to Christmas ornaments, children are swallowing objects at a rate that’s been rising over the last two decades, with battery ingestions increasing “rather dramatically,” new research has ...

A man in Ireland swallowed an entire cellphone that became lodged in his stomach and was tricky to remove, according to a new report of the case. The 29-year-old man was a prisoner who was brought to ...

A 51-year-old man unintentionally swallowed a dental crown, resulting in an unusual case of appendicitis caused by ingestion of a foreign body, according to a case report published April 12 in the ...