Accidental ingestion of cotton bud stick during alcohol intoxication: an unusual cause of caecal perforation.
A first reported case of caecal perforation by an ingested blunt foreign body is described. This 31-year-old female did not relate a history of accidental swallowing of a cotton bud stick on admission. The cause of her right iliac fossa pain (i.e. caecal perforation by a cotton bud stick) became only apparent when she underwent operation for suspected appendicitis. A simple closure of this caecal perforation was undertaken. The patient made a complete recovery from this ordeal. Caecal perforation by an ingested blunt foreign body can occur after it has safely negotiated the ileocaecal valve.
Memon
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MA
Department of Surgery, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, England, UK. mmemon@yahoo.com
Macafee
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Rattan
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D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D002432:Cecum; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*