title: Two unusual gastrointestinal foreign bodies.
abstract: Swallowed foreign bodies are common in the pediatric age group, but fortunately, the majority of them pass spontaneously without any adverse effects. Tube gastrostomy is an excellent method to provide prolonged enteral feeding. It is, however, associated with complications, namely, intraperitoneal leak and distal migration of the gastrostomy tube causing gastric outlet obstruction. This paper describes two unusual gastrointestinal foreign bodies, one was swallowed, while the other one was a complication of a tube gastrostomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Maternity and Children Hospital, Dammam 31911, P.O. Box 61015, Qatif, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ahmed H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Al-Salem
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