When traditions become dangerous: Intestinal perforation from unusual foreign body-Case report and short literature review

I Simonetti; M Puglia; L Tarotto; F Palumbo; F Esposito; A Sciuto; L Palumbo; A Ragozzino

doi:10.1016/j.ejro.2019.04.002

When traditions become dangerous: Intestinal perforation from unusual foreign body-Case report and short literature review

Eur J Radiol Open. 2019 Apr 17:6:152-155. doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2019.04.002. eCollection 2019.

Authors

I Simonetti¹, M Puglia², L Tarotto¹, F Palumbo¹, F Esposito³, A Sciuto³, L Palumbo², A Ragozzino²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
² Department of Radiology, S. Maria delle Grazie Hospital, Pozzuoli, Italy.
³ Department of Surgery, S. Maria delle Grazie Hospital, Pozzuoli, Italy.

Abstract

Gastrointestinal perforation (GI) is a common cause of acute abdomen in the emergency department that needs a prompt surgery intervention. Nowadays, CT examinations represent the method of choice to image patients with acute abdominal pain in emergency. GI perforations by foreign bodies ingested is rare and only <1% of ingested foreign bodies are believed to cause perforation of GI. MDCT is to be considered the best imaging method for identifying foreign bodies, the perforation site and the surgical treatment to be planned reliably. We presente a case of 70-year-old lady presented to our Emergency Department with acute abdominal pain.

Keywords: Acute abdomen MDCT; Bowel perforation; CT gastrointestinal tract (GI); Computer tomography (CT); Foreign body gastrointestinal tract perforation; Perforation MDCT.

Publication types

Case Reports