Fly found living inside 63-yr-old's intestines during routine medical check

A man who visited hospital for a medical check was shocked when doctors found a fly inside him and it was still alive.

The 63-year-old patient, from Missouri in the US, had visited hospital for a colon cancer screening.

When doctors put a camera inside his body, they spotted the live insect on his intestines wall.

The patient had consumed pizza and lettuce more than 24 hours before his check-up. The doctors believe the fly may have come from the green vegetable. However, doctors are not certain and the patient didn't recall seeing a fly in his food.

Speaking in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, doctors said: "This case represents a very rare colonoscopic finding.[It is a] mystery on how the intact fly found its way to the transverse colon."