This report describes the case of an 84-year-old male who was brought to the emergency room because a dental bur was swallowed accidentally during a dental procedure. The foreign body was successfully removed by gastroenterologists endoscopically 8 days after the ingestion and was identified as a 2-cm-long dental bur.

Keratoacanthomas (KA) are epithelial tumors that present as rapidly evolving nodules with a central hyperkeratotic plug, and occasionally show signs of spontaneous regression. A 21-years-old patient strongly refused the diagnostic biopsy and insisted on a non surgical treatment. He was successfully treated with imiquimod 5% cream.

A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our emergency department complaining of abdominal pain. Computed tomography was performed and showed aerobilila and a large 5.1 cm gallstone lodged in the small intestine. She underwent emergency surgery. Intraoperative findings noted small bowel obstruction caused by a large gallstone.