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| Swallowed Playmobil traffic cone 'in man's lung for 40 years' | Swallowed Playmobil traffic cone 'in man's lung for 40 years' |
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| Doctors removed a toy traffic cone from a patient's lung - 40 years after he swallowed it. | Doctors removed a toy traffic cone from a patient's lung - 40 years after he swallowed it. |
| The 47-year-old man, from Preston, was referred to a respiratory clinic after having a cough for over a year. | The 47-year-old man, from Preston, was referred to a respiratory clinic after having a cough for over a year. |
| Medics suspected the patient - a long-term smoker - had a tumour when scans showed something on his lung. | |
| However, when they removed the mass they discovered it was the "long lost Playmobil traffic cone" he had received on his seventh birthday. | |
| A report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) said the handyman told doctors he "regularly played with and even aspirated (inhaled) the toy pieces during his childhood". | A report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) said the handyman told doctors he "regularly played with and even aspirated (inhaled) the toy pieces during his childhood". |
| He did not report any ill-effects for decades, doctors said, until the persistent cough which caused him to seek medical advice. | He did not report any ill-effects for decades, doctors said, until the persistent cough which caused him to seek medical advice. |
| Because the man was so young when he swallowed the traffic cone, the report said, his airway may have been able to remodel and adapt to the presence of a foreign body. | Because the man was so young when he swallowed the traffic cone, the report said, his airway may have been able to remodel and adapt to the presence of a foreign body. |
| It was not unusual for children to ingest small toys, it said, but "a case in which the onset of symptoms occurs so long after initial aspiration is unheard of". | It was not unusual for children to ingest small toys, it said, but "a case in which the onset of symptoms occurs so long after initial aspiration is unheard of". |
| Four months after the removal of the tiny traffic cone, the patient's cough had almost gone and his symptoms had improved markedly, the report said. | Four months after the removal of the tiny traffic cone, the patient's cough had almost gone and his symptoms had improved markedly, the report said. |