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Exceptional Multiple Foreign-Body Ingestion by a Patient with Schizophrenia.

Swallowing foreign body in adult is uncommon. This mostly occurs accidentally or in psychologically unsound patient. A 32-years-old male patient with abdominal pain admitted in surgery department of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh with a history of swallowing various objects. After endoscopic confirmation and psychological evaluation he underwent laparotomy and 29 different objects were removed from his stomach by Gastrotomy. He was psychiatrically evaluated after recovery from operation and was found to be suffering from Schizophrenia with cannabis use. The aim of reporting this case can raise awareness at the patients complains should be taken seriously to prevent morbidity and even mortality.

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