title: Small bowel obstruction caused by snail's shell: radiographic and CT findings.
abstract: We report a case of small bowel obstruction in a 74-year-old woman presenting with abdominal pain due to the accidental swallowing of a snail shell. A diagnosis of obstruction was made by abdominal radiograph, and its etiology was found after abdominal CT was performed. This is an unusual case of small bowel obstruction due to a foreign body that was preoperatively diagnosed with imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dr. Peset University Hospital, Valencia, Spain. localti@wanadoo.es
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agramunt Lerma
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Errando Mariscal
authors.forename: Fructuoso
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delgado Cordón
authors.forename: Segundo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gómez Abril
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montalvá Orón
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martínez Pérez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012908:Snails; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014456:Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery