A 26-year-old woman from
Cameroon has had a condom surgically removed from her appendix, after
swallowing it while performing oral sex on her boyfriend two weeks
earlier.
According to report author
Doctor Carlson B. Sama, from the surgery department at Cameroon's University of
Buea, the woman came into the clinic complaining of pain and tenderness in her
lower abdomen.
As reported in the journal, the
pain had been increasing for a few days and conventional painkillers had had no
effect. Suspecting appendicitis, the doctors conducted an ultrasound scan which
revealed a swollen appendix and fluid build-up.
An emergency surgery began, and
surgeons successfully removed the appendix with no complications. However,
doctors said the organ felt unusual, and after dissecting it to find out
more, they were surprised to find pieces of a condom.
Although doctors didn't believe
she had eaten any foreign bodies before the operation, she revealed after the
procedure that she remembered accidentally swallowing the condom while
performing oral sex on her boyfriend two weeks before.
She didn't mention this to the
doctors, because she said she passed out parts of the condom around five
days after swallowing it.