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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, Surrey, what she had eaten, but they considered there to be a ‘low risk’ because it is so soft.
Instead, they put it down to a scratch or her stomach lining being irritated.