title: An unusual cause of small bowel perforation: apricot pit.
abstract: Ingestion of foreign bodies can be a common problem, especially among children, alcoholics, and psychiatric and senile patients. Foreign bodies with smooth edges usually do not pose significant problems, but a sharp foreign object that is not retrieved immediately may penetrate the wall and cause complications. Ingested foreign bodies usually pass the intestinal tract uneventfully, and perforation occurs in less than 1%. In this study, we report a case of small bowel obstruction with perforation in a 73-year-old female due to the accidental swallowing of an apricot pit.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey. katila@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Atila
authors.forename: Sanem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.forename: Seymen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bora
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gülay
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small