[Two cases of alimentary tract perforation owing to ingested foreign bodies: diagnosis by CT]

Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi. 2001 Mar;61(4):175-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report the CT diagnosis of two cases of alimentary tract perforation caused by the ingestion of foreign bodies. The first case was a common fish bone perforation of the ileum with postoperative scar. The second case was a rare perforation caused by the impact of an uncooked rice cake on sigmoid colon diverticula. Helical CT scan clearly revealed the fish bone as a linear high-density area in the soft tissue between the right abdominal oblique muscles and ileum, and demonstrated the rice cake as high-density material in the bowel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Colon, Sigmoid / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Ileum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*