title: Transluminal migration of ingested foreign body without peritonitis.
abstract: The authors present 2 cases of transluminal migration of an ingested foreign body into the peritoneal cavity without causing peritonitis. Clinical and radiologic features and surgical approach are described, focusing on the absence of an acute abdomen in transluminal migration and the use of laparoscopy in achieving extraction of the foreign object.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Golisano Children's Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
authors.forename: Kendra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pegoli
authors.forename: Yi-Horng
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004312:Douglas' Pouch; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology