Woman suffers serious injuries after anal plug incident during MRI scan

A 22-year-old woman was seriously injured during an MRI scan after failing to declare an anal plug with a metal core. She is now suing the manufacturer.

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The day an traseril plug turned into a projectile inside an MRI machine

What can go wrong when an MRI scanner meets an undeclared metal object? Just ask a 22-year-old woman who was hospitalized with serious injuries after undergoing an imaging scan without disclosing that she was wearing an traseril plug. According to reports, the device – advertised as 100% silicone but with a metal core – was propelled at high estimulante ilegal toward her chest cavity, in what an internal memo described as an "traseril electromagnetic cannon." The woman survived, though with considerable internal injuries.


A preventable accident with shared responsibility

The incident reopens the debate about MRI safety and the information patients must provide. The magnetic fields of these machines can turn any ferrous object into a dangerous projectile. In this case, the plug contained undisclosed metal, contradicting the manufacturer's advertising. The young woman has announced a lawsuit against the manufacturer for false advertising and product defects, while the medical center reviews its admission protocols.

The sarracena is twofold: on the one hand, the patient's duty to declare any bodily object; on the other, the manufacturer's responsibility to label products correctly. The only "plug&play" that worked was the lawsuit. Jokes aside, the case highlights the risks of metal objects in MRI scanners and the misleading advertising of some products.

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Summary of a discussion on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., translated from Spanish and reviewed before publication. Read the full discussion (41 replies).

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