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Emergency casebook
Case of the month: Accidental mobile phone card ingestion
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Accidental overdose, poisoning and foreign-body ingestion are common presentations to the emergency department. Usually, the ingested material is a common drug or household product. We present an unusual case of accidental ingestion where the foreign body was a mobile phone simulation (SIM) card.
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A 14-year-old boy attended the emergency department at 21:24 h, saying that he had swallowed part of his phone 2 h ago. He had taken the SIM card out and placed it between his teeth. Unfortunately, he managed to swallow it.
He coughed initially, then his father attempted the Heimlich manoeuvre, with no success. The boy proceeded to vomit later on; however, this did not …
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