Woman’s throat ripped open by mango seed that left her in hospital for a week
Woman’s throat ripped open by mango seed that left her in hospital for a week
A 57-year-old woman needed emergency surgery to repair the oesophageal tear (Picture: Getty Images/RooM RF)
A woman was sent home from hospital with a tear in her throat because doctors could not believe a mango could have caused such damage.
The unnamed 57-year-old was struggling to swallow after eating the fruit – the seed of which ripped open her oesophagus.
She told doctors at Epsom Hospital,…