Doctors at Duke University Medical Center say the foreign object was likely to blame for the coughing, fatigue and pneumonia that plagued Manley for almost two years.
When they pulled it from Manley's left lung Sept. 10, they could still read the Wendy's logo and part of the word "hamburgers."
Dr. Momen Wahidi at Duke called it "one of the weirdest things I've removed in my career."
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