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case_images: Chest x-ray showing the metallic pin being located in the left main bronchus.
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case_images: Chest X-ray was ordered which revealed the presence of the metallic pin in the left main bronchus contrary to the usually expected experience where majority of foreign bodies lodge in the right main bronchus due to anatomical differences between the left and right main bronchus (Fig. 1).
case_images: Showing the pin after being passed in stool.
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case_images: The child was kept under observation with planned control chest x-ray but on the following day post the event of swallowing the metallic pin, the pin was passed in stool by the child (Fig. 2).