Noningested intraperitoneal foreign body causing chronic abdominal pain: a role for laparoscopy in the diagnosis.
In this article, we present an unusual case of a young boy who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have a sewing needle that had migrated through the abdominal wall into the peritoneal space. After imaging and endoscopy, the needle was extracted laparoscopically without any evidence of intra-abdominal organ injury and with a good long-term outcome for the child. There are no other such reported cases in the literature. This case highlights the subtleties in management of intra-abdominal foreign bodies in children including rare causes such noningested foreign bodies.
Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA, USA.
Shahram
S
Aarabi
Jacob
J
Stephenson
Dennis L
DL
Christie
Patrick J
PJ
Javid
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003106:Colon; D003113:Colonoscopy; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications