title: Bloody diarrhea caused by a needle in the pancreatic head.
abstract: Bloody diarrhea in adolescents is not uncommon polyposis, inflammatory bowel disease, and infections are the usual causes. A 13-year-old boy with a metallic foreign body in the head of the pancreas presented with bloody diarrhea. The clinical problems and surgical approach are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, St John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: D'cruz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D010179:Pancreas