title: A "paneful" perforation.
abstract: Radiographs of a woman presenting with abdominal pain revealed a large foreign body within the pelvis. A diagnosis of perforation of the colon was made, and at laparotomy an 8.5 cm long glass fragment was removed from the bowel. A laceration to the lower back, sustained in a fall onto a glass coffee table, had been explored and sutured 20 months earlier. Imaging findings showed the subsequent course of the overlooked glass fragment within the pelvis.
authors.affiliation: Redcliffe District Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Sally A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lisle
authors.forename: Roderick C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Borrowdale
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D003106:Colon / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged