Doctors unexpected find inside boy’s stomach

A 15-year-old boy baffled doctors when he came into a hospital with a bizarre object lodged in his gut.

A 15-year-old boy baffled doctors when he came into a hospital with a USB charging cord mysteriously lodged in his gut.

The boy, from Turkey, was rushed in by family after complaining of nausea and stomach pains.

An X-ray quickly revealed the plastic-coated nightmare awaiting digestion.

He was thrown in an ambulance and transferred to Firat University Hospital – about three hours away – where a team of specialists were ready to help find a way to alleviate the boy’s pain.

Paediatric gastroenterologist Yasar Dogan called for an endoscope procedure to rid the boy of the cable.

When he arrived, paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition department head Professor Dogan and his team got rid of the foreign object after performing an endoscopy procedure.

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A boy in Turkey had a charging cable stuck in his stomach. @prof.dr.yasardogan

Doctors removed both a charging cable and hair tie from the boy’s internal organs. @prof.dr.yasardogan

“We obviously had a hard time removing the cable, as one end of the cable had passed into the small intestine,” Dogan said.

After finally yanking the coiled cord, which measured 91cms in length, a hair tie was discovered inside of the boy as well.

It remains unclear how or why he consumed the objects.

“After the procedure was successfully concluded, the patient was sent home in good health,” Dogan added.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

Originally published as Doctors unexpected find inside boy’s stomach