PICTURES: 19 Most Shocking X-Rays Slide Show (A misplaced flashlight among others)

CBS ^ | 8-2-10 | CBS Staff

[Mikey_1962]

What's the most embarrassing thing you could imagine doing with a can of condensed milk?

How about having to ask a doctor to remove it from your rectum - because you stuck it there in a misguided stab at self-stimulation?

Sounds like fiction, but it happened in real life. CBS News has the X-ray to prove it.

And it's not the only shocking X-ray out there. From screwdrivers in the skull to children impaled on car antennas or with pins caught in their throats, doctors come across some pretty amazing images.

This batch has been generously provided by Dr. Tim B. Hunter, professor of radiology at the University of Arizona, who interesting x-rays.

[Mikey_1962]

I worked in a hospital where X-rays like these were passed around in the ER quite frequently.

[a real Sheila]

a friend told me of a hospital in Atlanta which had a lounge featuring “the wall of shame.” This wall was a conversation piece which contained items which had been removed from patients’ butts.

Another doctor friend told me of having to surgically remove an English Leather (square) bottle from a man’s butt.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!!!

[DManA]

It was a million to one shot doc.

[Political Junkie Too]

Was one of those x-rays a bullet in a boob?

-PJ

[True_Kon]

If you think this is scary, you should try stuffing a whole giant pizza in your tummy.....the horror...the horror. ;o)

[null and void]

Just one???

[True_Kon]

Hahahahaha!

[Monterrosa-24]

You should have seen the one of the ARVN soldier with a lump on his side. The X-ray revealed it as an unexploded mortar round. He had been a direct it but the round did not explode and slid in along his ribcage. He had no idea what hit him.

[null and void]

#13

[MrB]

[hometoroost]

Rectum? Damn near killed him.

[SparkyBass]

Immediately reminded me of one Albert Fish at the turn of the century....

Depraved dude...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish

[Political Junkie Too]

That's what I thought.

-PJ

[ponygirl]

When my college roommate did her round in the ER, she came home with a story one night about a guy who had come in with a tennis ball, a racquetball and a golf ball up his butt. First he told them he accidentally sat on them in the bathtub. Truth was, he had put them inside a trash bag, stuffed them up in there and the bag broke.

Yikes.

[RnMomof7]

We heard about them on the “floors”

[DManA]

I’m tellin ya Jerry, proctologists have the BEST stories.

[ponygirl]

It’s Fusilli Jerry!

[DManA]

Proctologist: A doctor who puts in a hard day at the orifice.
Proctologist: A brain surgeon for lawyers.

[Slump Tester]

I'm assuming this poofter used plasticizer:

Rectal Impaction Following Enema with Concrete

There was a ping pong ball involved also.

[Monterrosa-24]

[MrB]

“misplaced flashlight” in the title...

“oh, I’ve been wondering where that thing went!”

[Billthedrill]

Oh, yeah. I had a good friend who worked in the ER of a certain hospital in San Francisco during the 80's. The first resort is...how do I phrase this delicately?...a lot of lube and a good pull. That doesn't work if the object happens to be a light bulb (true story) or in so deep you can't get a pair of forceps on it. But if it's just a cowboy boot, no problem. Reportedly it was only in up to the heel.

Oh, and he did remind me on occasion never to try a QuicKrete enema. That's advice you can't get just anywhere.

[Brett66]

Ouch and ewww!

[reagan_fanatic]

Well, I guess that isn't so shocking...

[null and void]

I hate it when that happens...

[DManA]

A proctologist pulls out a thermometer from his shirt pocket. He looks at it and says, “S**t, some a**hole has my pen.”

[CholeraJoe]

I met the surgeon who actually removed the mortar round and saw a film of the operation. He was operating from behind sandbags with instruments welded to the end of long poles.

[reagan_fanatic]

[clee1]

I was a ER nurse for a time. You just WOULD NOT BELIEVE what some fools will insert into their rectums.

[KoRn]

/mark

[OB1kNOb]

Did you have an ar$e box at the hospital?

[Billthedrill]

Your tagline is killing me. BTT

[A_perfect_lady]

If you think this is scary, you should try stuffing a whole giant pizza in your tummy.....the horror...the horror. ;o)

But from which end?

[Bulldawg Fan]

Remember, its just an alternate life style. (sarc)

[Dead Corpse]

A$$ Pennies. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/871851/

NSFW. Bad language.

[Himyar]

Was that Air Force general Jim Humphries ?

[CholeraJoe]

USAF Gen Vernon Chong.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I remember reading an article about this once. Lightbulbs are bad because you can't get a good grip on them with forceps, but the worst was Barbie dolls. They slide in easy headfirst, but when you try to pull them out, the arms raise.

And everyone tries to use the "I slipped in the bathroom" story.

[Zansman]

In high school, I worked in the x-ray department (developing x-rays) at a local hospital and the radiologist had a "wall of shame" in his office.

One night a guy came in with a police flashlight in his arse about as far as it could go. We took the pics and at first glance I thought I'd screwed up in developing them. I took them to the lead tech and he started howling with laughter as the flashlight was evidently on.

When the ER doc looked at it, he chuckled then got real concerned the heat from the light might be roasting this dude's colon. After 3 tubes of KY failed to move the flashlight, they somehow cut it out. In addition, the guy did indeed have minor burns to the colon, ouch. Of all the nasty aromas you get in the ER, I'm pretty sure burnt colon is close to the top of the list. How could one ever enjoy a hearty poo after all that?

[Fido969]

“I must have sat on it, Doc!”

[dools007]

I imagine the nurses had fun with that: “Good morning Mr._____, and how is our little bung hole doing this today?”

Hmmm, maybe the guy was one of those types who enjoy that kind of attention—if ya get my meanin.

[radiohead]

I don’t get it. What happened?

[sc2_ct]

Contrary to their statement about nothing being flammable in the human rectum, that is wrong — methane is highly flammable and has resulted in severe burns to people some very strange people.

[Monterrosa-24]

The South Vietnamese soldier was part of a unit that was targeted by North Vietnamese soldiers in a mortar attack. Such rounds usually wound or kill by shrapnel and direct hits on an individual are exceedingly rare. This unique case came about because the high angle trajectory round came down out of the sky striking the soldier but failing to explode. It slid off his helmet into his shoulder and down along his ribcage.

[Disambiguator]

I was a ER nurse for a time. You just WOULD NOT BELIEVE what some fools will insert into their rectums.

In some cases, it probably did damn near kill them, too. The worst I heard about was a softball. Seems to me that you would have to "work up" to something like that!

[Slings and Arrows]

There's a procedure for that.

[a fool in paradise]

< /seinfeld >

[paulycy]

I almost got an entire ironing board stuck up there once.

(It’s not what you think. No, really.)

[a fool in paradise]

So CBS is willing to violate medical privacy laws and "leak" stolen x-rays that were copied without consent all for a laugh and webhits.

Why not have Katie Colonic's video on demand?

[a fool in paradise]

But if it's just a cowboy boot, no problem. Reportedly it was only in up to the heel.

That must have been some kick!