Adhesions caused by umbilical piercing.
A 31-year-old woman experienced chronic pelvic pain, unresponsive to medical therapy. History, physical examination, and laboratory analyses were noncontributory except for multiple body piercings. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed an umbilical adhesion from the small bowel to the anterior abdominal wall. The patient removed the umbilical piercing but declined surgery for adhesiolysis.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Gary
G
Ventolini
Steve
S
Kleeman
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D011677:Punctures / Q000009:adverse effects; D018570:Risk Assessment; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014472:Umbilicus