Doctors were astounded to find a woman with stomach pain and nausea had a condom inside her appendix.
The 26-year-old came to hospital complaining of pain and tenderness on the right side of her pelvis, leaving her unable to eat and suffering from a fever.
A scan revealed her abdomen was swollen with fluid so the medics, at a hospital in Cameroon, came to the conclusion she had appendicitis.
They rushed her for emergency surgery to remove the infected organ before it burst - but noticed it felt unusual as they cut it out.
They discovered the organ had a piece of condom stuck inside it - which they believe is the first case of its kind to be reported in the medical literature.
Doctors believed a woman with stomach pain, nausea and who couldn’t eat had appendicitis and performed surgery to remove the organ (pictured in red). They later found there was a condom stuck inside it (white)
‘We blindly dissected the appendix and found an incomplete piece of rubbery material which was consistent with a condom,’ said the doctors, describing the case in the Journal of Medical Case Reports.
When the patient woke up from the procedure, she confirmed she had accidentally swallowed a condom two weeks before.
While with her boyfriend the sheath had become loose - and accidentally slipped down her throat, she said.
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