Retention of foreign body in the gut can be a sign of congenital obstructive anomaly: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Small smooth objects that enter the gut nearly always pass uneventfully through the gastrointestinal tract. Retention of foreign objects may occur due to congenital obstructive anomaly of the gut.


METHODS
We report here a child who presented with features of small gut obstruction which were attributed to a foreign body impacted in the intestine. At surgery, an annular pancreas was detected and the foreign body was found to be lodged in the distended proximal duodenum.


CONCLUSIONS
The reported case highlights the fact that an impacted radio-opaque foreign body in a child should warn the pediatrician to the possibility of an obstructive congenital anomaly.
Subudhi
Pravas Chandra
PC
Department of Gastroenterology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India. beam.diagnostics@gmail.com
Singh
Shivaram Prasad
SP
Meher
Chudamani
C
Agrawal
Omprakash
O
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