Small bowel evisceration through the rectum in childhood.
Small bowel evisceration through the rectum is extremely rare in childhood and has previously been reported in association with swimming pool suction injuries. We report a case of ileal evisceration resulting from a self-inflicted injury in a teenaged boy. Such a mechanism of injury leading to evisceration of the small bowel is previously unreported in children or adults.
Ravikumar
Reena
R
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, B4 6NH Birmingham, UK.
Robb
Andrew
A
Jawaheer
Girish
G
D000293:Adolescent; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome