Doctors were surprised to discover “multiple marble-like objects” in a boy’s stomach when he was rushed to the emergency room with acute appendicitis. The boy, 15, was taken to hospital with abdominal pain but didn’t have a fever, according to his case published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. He underwent an ultrasound and doctors found “multiple marble-like objects” over the epigastrium, which is in the upper part of the abdomen. Doctors found marble-like objects in the boy's abdomen.
Source: Annals of Emergency Medicine “Abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed an engorged appendix, which confirmed the diagnosis of acute appendicitis,” researchers wrote. But the doctors were surprised by something else they saw in the scan. “The CT imaging also incidentally revealed multiple small round hyperdensities in the distended stomach.” Mystery of round object solved It turns out the…
