title: Retention of foreign body in the gut can be a sign of congenital obstructive anomaly: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India. beam.diagnostics@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pravas Chandra
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Subudhi
authors.forename: Shivaram Prasad
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Chudamani
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meher
authors.forename: Omprakash
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Agrawal
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