RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Oesophageal "cross"--a sinister foreign body. JF Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine JO Arch Emerg Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine SP 54 OP 55 DO 10.1136/emj.14.1.54 VO 14 IS 1 A1 J E Losanoff A1 K T Kjossev A1 H E Losanoff YR 1997 UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/14/1/54.abstract AB A young jail inmate purposely ingested a foreign body formed of sewing needles, specially designed to be arrested in the gut and cause perforation. Immediate surgical removal of such ingested foreign objects is recommended because the chances of distal passage are nil.