January 2004, Meerut, India

We wonder why it took this lady six months to ask the question ”where did it go?”

When a 27-year-old lady presented at Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital with a persistent cough, sputum and fever which she’d had for around six months, a chest x-ray revealed a surprising cause. Despite antibiotics and anti-tuberculosis treatments for the previous four months, her symptoms hadn’t improved and subsequent tests were performed.

An x-ray and bronchoscopy revealed an inverted bag like structure in her right lung. The structure was removed with biopsy forceps and was confirmed to be a condom which she had inhaled during oral sex.

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Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Tags: 2004, condom, India, oral sex