Thursday, February 19, 2004

Extreme Case of Pica

Mystery Solved: Last month I linked to this medical mystery from the New England Journal of Medicine - a man whose stomach appears to be in his pelvis. If I recall, I thought it looked like he had eaten paper clips. Today, the Journal published the answer (requires subscription):

At laparotomy, the distended stomach was found to contain 5.5 kg of coins, necklaces, and needles.

The newspapers have more details.

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