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X-Rays of Objects Inside People
That's not how you're supposed to get your caffeine kicks... (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)1 of 17 
This man used a plastic bottle - and left the lid on (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)2 of 17 
Can you see it? Yes that's a giant plastic fist (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)3 of 17 ![X-Rays of people with objects stuck inside them. Aerosol cans are a relatively common improvised rectal foreign body. Why this is the case, is a very good question]()
Yes that's an aerosol can (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)4 of 17 ![X-Rays of people with objects stuck inside them. I only came into the emergency department to have the batteries changed]()
"Honestly doctor, I slipped and fell... on a sex toy" (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)5 of 17 ![X-Rays of people with objects stuck inside them. Although these are referred to as rectal foreign objects, they often migrate proximally into the distal colon]()
X-ray shows the sex toy's metal motor (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)6 of 17 ![X-Rays of people with objects stuck inside them. Ok, so this chap is really quite clever. What you need are:
1 x pump action (CFC-free) spray bottle
1 x empty tube of Barocca tablets (vitamin supplement)
Take the Barocca tuve and screw it onto the top of the spray bottle. Then insert the whole thing into your rectum. Go to you local emergency department and come up with a plausible excuse, like.... err...]()
Pump action spray bottle with an empty tube of Barocca tablets (vitamin supplement) (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)7 of 17 ![X-Rays of people with objects stuck inside them. The bottle, eventually extracted, proved to be a deodorant bottle]()
A bottle of deodorant (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)8 of 17 ![X-Rays of people with objects stuck inside them. One of the rarest of radiology findings: a rectal foreign body in a woman]()
This plastic device was found inside a woman (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)9 of 17 ![X-Rays of people with objects stuck inside them. The shape of the eggplant means that once it's equator has passed the anal verge it has a tendency to scoot up up and away. When that happens... well, it means an embarrassing trip to the emergency department, or perhaps the local horticultural society]()
This one is an aubergine (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)10 of 17 ![X-Rays of people with objects stuck inside them. Perhaps attaching these to a surfboard leash, with a Velcro around the ankle, may help...]()
Some sort of sex toy (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)11 of 17 ![X-Rays of people who have objects stuck inside them. Among inhabitants of some villages in the country (about 65 years ago), the introduction of an egg in the rectum is used for palliative treatment of some discomforts when there was no access to the medical units]()
An egg because... (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)12 of 17 ![X-Rays of people who have objects stuck inside them. One could be forgiven for thinking that this chap was still finding the whole thing 'interesting'...]()
Some people take things a bit too far... (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)13 of 17 ![X-Rays of people with things stuck inside them. This case illustrates the benefits of orthogonal views...]()
Nobody revealed what this strange object is.. (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)14 of 17 ![X-rays of objects stuck inside people: 40 year old man, slipped while cooking Malaysian food...At least that would be the story I would make up. This chap decided to put a pestle (from a large mortar and pestle set) into his rectum. The mind boggles]()
But this one's a pestle (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)15 of 17 ![X-rays of objects stuck inside people: The patient was in love with a girl and wanted to marry her but unfortunately he was unaware that she had another lover too! The boy was beaten so badly and they inserted a gas lighter refill forcefully in his rectum]()
This was the result of a marriage dispute - yes that's a lighter refill can (Image: Radiopaedia / CC)16 of 17 ![Objects stuck inside people:
The patient went to theatre to have the orange removed. Who says fruit is good for you?]()
Some people get too fruity - this is an orange (Image: Radiopaedia / cc)17 of 17
