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  • Title: Peristaltic closure of a safety pin--an unusual fate of a safety pin seen as a foreign body in the gastrointestinal tract.
    Author: Andréasson L, Ingelstedt S, Tjernström O.
    Journal: J Laryngol Otol; 1986 Apr; 100(4):385-8. PubMed ID: 3958582.
    Abstract:
    This report presents a case where an open safety pin passed through the Esophagus and where Nature herself finally solved the problem by closing the pin, which was afterwards carried in the faecal stream and discharged from the body without any harm to the patient.
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