title: Perforation of the transverse colon by a fish bone: a case report.
abstract: The inadvertent swallowing of foreign bodies is common, but rarely results in perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. Because any site of the gastrointestinal tract may be perforated by a foreign body, the clinical presentation may vary and mimic diverse medical conditions. We report the case of a 60-year-old man who experienced left upper quadrant pain of 4 weeks duration before the onset of peritoneal signs. The symptoms were shown to result from perforation of the transverse colon by a fish bone (35 mm in length) with a developing abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei County Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jun-Jie
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Tzu-Ling
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yi-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zhan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones; D003106:Colon; D005399:Fishes; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed