title: Intestinal perforation due to an ingested foreign body.
abstract: It is a case description of intestinal perforation with foreign body that was arrested in hernia- trapped intestinal loop and causing perforation, which was explored and removed under local anesthesia. Literature on gut perforation due to foreign body ingestion is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Pakistan Steel Hospital, Karachi.
authors.forename: Waseem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Madina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khan