Prolonged gastric retention of a swallowed coin following pyloromyotomy.
Ingestion of foreign objects is a common problem in children 6 months to 3 years of age. Of swallowed objects reaching the stomach, 97% will pass through the remainder of the gastrointestinal tract. The following is a report of a child who had a pyloromyotomy for pyloric stenosis as an infant and had prolonged retention of a swallowed penny.
D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors