Introduction: Foreign body ingestion is common problem encounteredduring childhood. In this study, we aimed to discuss ourclinical experiences with gastrointestinal problems caused byforeign body ingestion in the light of the the literature.Material and Method: All hospital files of the children whowere treated with the diagnosis of foreign body ingestion in twocenters between 1987 and 2013; were analyzed retrospectively.Results: Six (46 %) male, and 7 (54 %) female patients amountingto a total of 13 cases with a history of foreign body ingestionwho were diagnosed, and treated during a period of 26years in two centers were retrospectively analyzed. Mean age ofthe patients was 36.6 months and 10 of them had a history offoreign body ingestion at admission. Three patients had nothistory of foreign body ingestion of evidence of foreign body onradiograms. These 3 patients had required emergency surgeryand waxcloth piece, pine tree leaf and small plastic balls werefound in their bowels. Other 10 patients had required surgerybecause of persistence of the foreign bodies (5 safety pins, 1 pin,1 hairpin, and 1 coin). Foreign bodies were found in the stomach(n=21), duodenum (n=1), Treitz fascia (n=5),ileocecalvalve or ileum (n=4). One of them was removed by rectal touch,12 foreign substances were removed during laparotomy. In onepatient foreing body was pushed into rectosigmoid colon; onehad been removed with appendectomy while 11 of them hadbeen removed with enterotomy. Two patients had mental retardationAll patients had recovered completely, while one of themrequired laparotomy due to brid ileus.Discussion and Conclusion: Foreign body ingestion maycause serious problems in children. The diagnosis and treatmentof foreign body ingestion may be delayed or become difficultif medical history can not be obtained or evidence offoriegn body is not found on radiograms. We think that diagnosisof foreign body ingestion should be kept inmind in caseswith atypical symptoms of acute abdomen.