title: Nail mine in stomach.
abstract: Ingestion of foreign bodies is a common clinical scenario in any emergency department. Presence of thousands ingested foreign bodies inside stomach is a rare scene. However, only a few such cases have been reported. Here we present a case of young adult man with known psychiatric disorder, having 2562 nails in his stomach leading to gastric outlet obstruction. Gastrotomy was employed to relieve the stomach of this mine of nails. Later psychiatric care was also provided.
authors: Department of Surgery, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi. m_saqkhan@yahoo.com
authors: Saqib Uddin
authors: SU
authors: Khan
authors: Kunwar Muhammad
authors: KM
authors: Aqeel
authors: Nosheen
authors: N
authors: Anwar
authors: Jahanzaib
authors: J
authors: Haider
authors: Tariq Mehmood
authors: TM
authors: Khan
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D055815:Young Adult