Fatal snack 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
Whe I was a third-year medical student doing my first surgical rotation, a man came in who had consumed, along with a copious quantity of alcohol, the panties of a local sripper. After he sobered up, noting that the panties didn't pass he began to feel a little bloated, so the fearless do-it-yourselfer tried to fish them out with a hook bent in the end of a wire coathanger. The predictable result: no panties, but he was able to rip open most of the length of his esophagus and died a few days later of a massive infection in his mediastinum, effectively removing himself from the breeding population of those who do remember what their mommies told them about what to put in their mouths.. His X-rays were the highlight of my very first M&M (Mortality and Morbidity) conference!
[I don't know that this was ever published, but there are still several surgeons in the Denver area that remember the case] Submitted on 03/09/02
Submitted by:
Tom Peterson
Reference:
Personal account
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