[A endoscopic treatment of penetration of the colon by an ingested fish bone].
An 81-year-old woman was admitted complaining of left lower abdominal pain. Computed tomography on admission revealed foreign a body penetrating descending colon and free air. We extracted the foreign body endoscopically. The foreign body was a sharp-edged fish bone. She was treated by conservative medication without complication.
Hamada
Yasuhiko
Y
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie Medical School of Medicine.
Tanaka
Kyosuke
K
Matsuda
Shinsuke
S
Nagai
Moritaka
M
Noda
Tomohiro
T
Kosaka
Ryo
R
Aoki
Masatoshi
M
Aota
Takumi
T
Toyoda
Hideki
H
Suzuki
Hideaki
H
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones; D003106:Colon / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans