Appendicular foreign body contributing to intestinal perforation

Intestinal perforation by an ingested foreign body*

OBJECTIVE To identify the computed tomography findings suggestive of intestinal perforation by an ingested foreign body. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study of four cases of surgically proven intestinal perforation by a foreign body, comparing the computed tomography findings with those described in the literature. RESULTS None of the patients reported having ingested a for...

Appendicular foreign body presenting with appendicular mass

a Department of Medical Imaging, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan b School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan c Department of Medical Imaging and Radiologic Sciences, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien, Taiwan d Department of Pathology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan e Department of Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital...

intestinal perforation due to foreign body ingestion in a schizophrenic patient

introduction ingestion of foreign bodies has been previously reported in some patients with schizophrenia. this behavior may be a manifestation of delusional beliefs or a response to command hallucinations and can lead to severe complications. case presentation this paper reports a patient with schizophrenia who, as a manifestation of his illness, ingested a metallic skewer to kill ademon insid...

Intestinal Perforation by Ingested Foreign Bodies

A comparative study of small intestinal perforation secondary to foreign body and other non-traumatic causes.

BACKGROUND Little was known about gastrointestinal perforation secondary to foreign body in adults, which was only documented by several case series reports. The aim of this study was to characterize it with comparative methods. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted on twenty patients with the diagnosis of gastrointestinal perforation secondary to foreign body between January 2003 and O...