title: Intraspinal migration of a rectal foreign body.
abstract: This is a description of a rare case of intraspinal foreign body, a clinical thermometer bulb, which after perforating the rectum migrated through the second left sacral foramina and sacral canal up to the epidural space at S1-L5 level. A first attempt to remove it by laparotomy while it was still in the retrorectal space proved unsuccessful. Retrieval was finally achieved by laminectomy.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004824:Epidural Space; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012007:Rectum / Q000293:injuries; D013131:Spine; D013821:Thermometers