Perforation of the transverse colon by a fish bone: a case report.
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.
Chiu
Jun-Jie
JJ
Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei County Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chen
Tzu-Ling
TL
Zhan
Yi-Ling
YL
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