Foreign body ingestion and management: "I swallowed a crack pipe".
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.
Young
Justin
J
Department of Surgery, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, USA.
Beech
Derrick
D
Offodile
Regina
R
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
D016578:Crack Cocaine