Formed of calcium oxalate dihydrate crystals and named for its resemblance to the children's toy (Knucklebones, also known as scatter jacks, snobs, astragalus, tali, dibs, fivestones, jacks, or jackstones, among many other names).
Details of the case at the New England Journal of Medicine.
That's an Everlasting Gobstopper is what that is. I guess swallowing them is an obvious possibility.
ReplyDeleteI have stepped on a jack ... barefooted; it was very painful. I can only imagine how painful this stone was.
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