Unusual Rectal Injury

Unusual Retained Rectal Foreign Body

The authors report the case of a 37 year-old man, resdent in prison, that was brought to the emergency room, ith a suspected six day rectal foreign body retention, that he patient stated to be a deodorant cap. There was no elevant medical history except for prior consumption of rugs, and the guards who accompanied him denied current ossession of illicit substances. The patient reported abdomnal...

Iatrogenic direct rectal injury: an unusual complication during suprapubic cystostomy (SPC) insertion and its laparoscopic management.

Suprapubic cystostomy (SPC) is commonly used, instead of indwelling urethral catheter- ization, as indicated in many pathological conditions. Although considered to be a safe procedure that can be easily performed in an outpatient basis several complications have been reported in international literature. Bowel injury can be a serious complication with the small intestine affected in the majori...

Tandem bullet injury: an unusual variant of an unusual injury.

Rectal bone bezoar: an unusual finding.

To cite: Kopke Túlio M, Barreiro P, Bana e Costa T, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016215232 DESCRIPTION A 60-year-old woman with an anxiety disorder presented with diarrhoea, rectorrhagia, tenesmus and proctalgia, progressively worsening for the past 2 months, in association with significant weight loss (15% body weight). Physical examina...

An Unusual Injury

The following case seems worth recording because of the unusual injury and the easy approach to the elbow joint through rather dangerous territory :? A young British officer, after a fall from a horse, had swelling of the right elbow and could not bend it fully. Stereoscopic x-rays showed that the base of the coronoid process of the ulna had been torn out and was in front of the joint. As the f...