title: Be careful what you wish for: an ingested foreign body masquerading as cancer.
abstract: We present a case in which a patient with suspected colorectal cancer, referred to the surgical outpatient clinic, was subsequently found to have a chicken wishbone apparently perforating the sigmoid colon. This demonstrates the complexities of diagnosis and management of an unusual presentation of ingested foreign body. This case is a useful learning point in consideration of differential diagnosis in the presentation of an apparently malignant lesion.
authors: Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK. jonnywright1@gmail.com
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Wright
authors: Pratik
authors: P
authors: Roy
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Linsell
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid; D003125:Colostomy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery