title: Migration of an ingested needle to the mesentery, causing intestinal necrosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Ataturk Teaching and Research Hospital, General Surgery Department, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey. dreergul@gmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ergul
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kiyak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008643:Mesentery; D009336:Necrosis; D009339:Needles