title: Ingested foreign body presenting as an irreducible inguinal hernia in a baby.
abstract: A case of a 7-month-old boy, presenting as an emergency with an inguinal swelling, is reported. An ingested safety pin caused a colonic perforation in the congenital hernial sac. This was successfully treated by herniotomy and local colonic resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salaman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography