Migration of an ingested needle to the mesentery, causing intestinal necrosis.
A case of an intra-abdominal sharp foreign body with migration to the mesentery vessels, causing intestinal necrosis in a 20-year-old patient is presented. Emergency surgery with 75 cm small bowel resection was performed.
Ergul
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Ankara Ataturk Teaching and Research Hospital, General Surgery Department, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey. dreergul@gmail.com
Ozer
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Aydin
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Kiyak
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008643:Mesentery; D009336:Necrosis; D009339:Needles