Small bowel obstruction caused by snail's shell: radiographic and CT findings.
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.
Agramunt Lerma
Marcos
M
Department of Radiology, Dr. Peset University Hospital, Valencia, Spain. localti@wanadoo.es
Errando Mariscal
José María
JM
Delgado Cordón
Fructuoso
F
Gómez Abril
Segundo
S
Montalvá Orón
Eva
E
Martínez Pérez
María Jesús
MJ
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