Brazilian Woman Undergoes Surgery to Remove Catfish Embedded in Her Stomach

A Brazilian woman has had surgery to remove a catfish from her abdomen. According to a report, the fish embedded itself in her stomach while she was swimming in the Sao Paulo beach resort of Itanhaem.

Later, she was taken to a hospital, where the fish and its spines were extracted from her skin in surgery.

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‘A Brazilian woman, who was spending time in the Sao Paulo beach resort of Itanhaem, has undergone surgery to remove a catfish from her abdomen.’

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“We were alerted to an incident where an object had penetrated a swimmer’s stomach and when we got there, discovered it was a fish,” wrote Marcelo Araujo Tamada, a local ambulance worker on Facebook.

“She was in a lot of pain. We did not remove the spine because only a doctor can do this. We took her to hospital so she could have microsurgery. Generally we deal with people who have stood on fish or have cut a finger touching one, but I’ve never seen a catfish stuck to someone’s stomach. It was definitely a first.”

Footage released in 2015 of a catfish getting lodged in a bikini clad woman's thigh after her friend slapped her with the animal.

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When the fish is under threat, the barbed spines of catfish sting and lock in place. The spines can be difficult to un-lodge from flesh without causing severe physical injury.

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