Non--homeomorphic manifolds-with-boundary having homeomorphic boundaries?

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What is a simple example of two topological $n$-manifolds-with-boundary $M$ and $N$ that are not homeomorphic yet whose boundaries $\partial M$ and $\partial N$ are homeomorphic?

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Poke a (large-ish) hole in a sphere and a torus ...

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Let $K$ be any compact topological $n$-manifold with boundary, and $L$ be any compact topological $n$-manifold without boundary. Then $K$ and $K \cup L$ have the same boundary, but different numbers of components, so they're not homeomorphic.