Gastric Perforation by Ingested Rabbit Bone Fragment

Gastric Perforation by Ingested Rabbit Bone Fragment

The majority of accidentally ingested foreign bodies is excreted from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract without any complications. Sometimes sharp foreign bodies - like chicken and fish bones - can lead to intestinal perforation and may present insidiously with a wide range of symptoms and, consequently, different diagnoses. We report the case of a 59-year-old woman presenting with fever and a 1-...

Unusual cause of right iliac fossa pain: sigmoid perforation due to ingested rabbit bone. Case report.

Disorders of an organ not usually found in the right iliac fossa, such as the sigmoid colon, are an uncommon cause of right iliac fossa pain. We present a case of right iliac fossa pain caused by a sigmoid perforation due to involuntary ingestion of a rabbit bone, and describe the main features of this condition.

Intestinal Perforation by Ingested Foreign Bodies

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...

Ingested pins causing perforation.

We report two children who underwent endoscopic removal of ingested foreign bodies which had perforated the stomach, one of which had migrated into the thorax.