title: Foreign body ingestion and management: "I swallowed a crack pipe".
abstract: There is a wide variety of objects that find their way into the human gastrointestinal tract, either accidentally or deliberately. In this case a crack pipe was ingested in its entirety. Despite the seemingly rare and random nature that this scenario presents, this patient's care serves to reinforce what should be done to successfully manage a patient with an ingested foreign body, as well as the important issues related to crack cocaine abuse.
authors: Department of Surgery, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, USA.
authors: Justin
authors: J
authors: Young
authors: Derrick
authors: D
authors: Beech
authors: Regina
authors: R
authors: Offodile
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D003679:Deglutition; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal
chemical_list: D016578:Crack Cocaine