Doctors at a private super-speciality hospital successfully removed a pen cap that had been lodged in a man’s lungs for 21 years. The 26-year-old from Karimnagar, Telangana, had unknowingly ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Pen caps have a small hole to prevent choking if swallowed and to equalize the pressure inside the pen to keep it from leaking. Produced by Emma Fierberg.

Doctors at a Hyderabad hospital successfully removed a pen cap from the lungs of a 26-year-old man, which he had accidentally swallowed 21 years ago. The patient experienced a persistent cough and ...