Uncommon case of a foreign body ingestion with consecutive small-bowel obstruction in a child.
A 12-year-old boy with Lennox syndrome presented with an acute abdomen and a history of progressive abdominal pain and vomiting over 3 weeks. The uncommon finding in this case was a foreign body detected in a lower loop of the jejunum causing radiological and clinical signs of jejunitis/ileitis. The foreign body had to be removed surgically and turned out to be a hard (originally soft) plastic part of a towel rack.
Schöber
W
W
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany. Schoeber.wogi@t-online.de
Erdtmann
B
B
Drews
K
K
Guglimetti
A
A
Claussen
C
C
Duda
S
S
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology