The patient said he did not remember swallowing any insects., as he had been on a liquid diet the day before. He claimed to have eaten a slice of pizza and salad two days before the test, which has been suggested as one of the hypotheses for the fly’s ingestion.
The insect was found in the transverse colon of the man’s large intestine, which traverses the upper part of the abdomen, still far from the rectum.
The fly was dead, but the fact that it was intact and not dissolved by intestinal acids is impressive.. “This was a very rare discovery. We moved the fly with the camera and found that it was dead but completely intact. The question was, ‘How did she get there?'” Bechtold told The Messenger.
Doctors even considered the possibility that the fly had “flown” through the patient’s intestinesbut this possibility would also be unlikely since the area of the intestine is limited.
The patient was “in shock” because he felt no symptoms but coped well with the news. said Bechtold. “He thinks he accidentally ate the fly.”