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A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand was hospitalized and underwent major surgery after swallowing as many as 100 magnets.

The teen, who suffered four days of stomach pain before being admitted to Tauranga Hospital, had ingested between 80 and 100 high-power magnets, each around 5×2 millimeters in size, according to a Friday report in the New Zealand Medical Journal .

"Accessibility to high-power magnets is a rising concern for our pediatric population, which may be due to the ability to purchase from online marketplaces at inexpensive prices," the report states.

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An X-ray revealed four chains of magnets stuck together i

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