Image of swallowed object

Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho. All rights reserved.

Front view of a child's chest X-ray shows a swallowed coin.

ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerWilliam H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerMartin Gabica, MD - Family Medicine
Last RevisedOctober 8, 2009

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