Accidental ingestion of hijab pin in an infant and successful removal by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: A case report

Foreign body ingestion in children often poses a therapeutic dilemma of when to only observe or when to proceed to endoscopic retrieval. It is often determined by the size of the patient and the object ingested, type of object ingested, location in gastrointestinal tract, clinical symptoms, and the time since ingestion. The approach towards the management of sharp objects in the esophagus and stomach is usually urgent or emergent removal. We present an 8½ months old girl weighing 5.6 kg who accidentally swallowed a 4 cm pointed hijab pin while playing and the pin was successfully retrieved by a 9.2 mm scope.