Gastrointestinal abscesses are commonly caused by infection and inflammatory and, in rare cases, malignant bowel conditions. This paper reports two cases of rectum/gluteal abscesses due to an ingested foreign body. The goal of this case report is to highlight the need to raise suspicion of foreign body ingestion in the setting of a gluteal abscess with a foreign body that may have caused rectal perforation and subsequent gluteal abscess formation.
Keywords: foreign body; gastrointestinal tract; gluteal abscess; incision and drainage; rectal perforation.
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