Swallowed date palm can be seen by CT examination, upper gastrointestinal imaging and electronic gastroscopy. 1. Cervical and thoracic CT: Swallowing a date palm is usually followed by a combined CT scan of the neck and chest, which can be taken clearly from the throat to the esophagus, and can clarify the location of the embedded date palm. 2. Upper gastrointestinal imaging: usually drink barium meal to show the inside of the digestive tract, if there are date nuclei embedded in the digestive tract, there will be barium meal filling defects, can see the size and location of date nuclei. 3. electronic gastroscopy: swallowed the nucleus of the date should be carried out as soon as possible when necessary electronic gastroscopy, can visualize the size and location of the nucleus of the date, clear bleeding, perforation and other occurrences, but also the nucleus of the date can be removed. Swallowed date palm may have digestive bleeding, perforation, damage to the aorta, these may be life-threatening, must pay great attention to timely access to hospitals, under the guidance of the doctor treatment.