title: [Ultrasound versus abdominal visualization of a problem abdomen in a young patient? An unusual cause of epigastric pain].
abstract: The case of a 24-year-old woman with epigastric pain is reported. A past history of slight abdominal pain for 4 weeks was recorded in the patient's history; no other illnesses were reported. Sonography revealed an unrecognizable longitudinal structure and extraenteric fluid. In view of the patient's age and the possibility of a pregnancy an abdominal X-ray examination was performed 3 h after admission, revealing a foreign body in the duodenum. A 15-cm-long pencil was removed by surgical operation; it had penetrated the duodenum with its hard end.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D004386:Duodenum; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Ultraschall versus Abdomenübersicht bei unklarem Abdomen junger Patienten?Ungewöhnliche Ursache epigastrischer Beschwerden.