TY - JOUR T1 - Crying wolf: the danger of recurrent intentional foreign body ingestion JF - Frontline Gastroenterology JO - Frontline Gastroenterol DO - 10.1136/flgastro-2021-101888 SP - flgastro-2021-101888 AU - Philip Berry AU - Sreelakshmi Kotha Y1 - 2021/05/12 UR - http://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2021/05/12/flgastro-2021-101888.abstract N2 - We read with interest the paper by Yadollahi et al reporting on their experience of intentional foreign body ingestion (iFoBI).1 We would like to highlight the risks of conservative management, an approach with which we are in general agreement and which has been reported elsewhere.2 A patient presented to the emergency department (ED) stating that he had swallowed two button batteries, a razor blade and a quantity of small change. A chest radiograph demonstrated several round opacities in the stomach, consistent with both coins and batteries. The patient was referred to the duty endoscopist, who arranged urgent endoscopy under general anaesthetic (the patient having … ER -