title: Rectal foreign bodies: imaging assessment and medicolegal aspects.
abstract: The amount of patients presenting at the emergency hospitals with retained rectal foreign bodies appears recently to have increased. Foreign objects retained in the rectum may result from direct introduction through the anus (more common) or from ingestion. Affected individuals often make ineffective attempts to extract the object themselves, resulting in additional delay of medical care and potentially increasing the risk of complications. The goals of radiological patient assessment are to identify the type of object retained, its location, and the presence of associated complications. Plain film radiographs still play an important role in the assessment of retained rectal foreign bodies.
authors: Department of Radiology, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: antopinto1968@libero.it.
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Pinto
authors: Department of Emergency Radiology, "San Camillo" Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors: Vittorio
authors: V
authors: Miele
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiological Imaging, Marcianise Hospital, Marcianise (CE), Italy.
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Pinto
authors: Unit of Radiology, ASL Teramo, Teramo, Italy.
authors: Veronica Di
authors: VD
authors: Mizio
authors: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Diagnostic Imaging Section, University "Federico II," Naples, Italy.
authors: Maria Rita
authors: MR
authors: Panico
authors: Department of Radiology, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy.
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Muzj
authors: Department of Radiology, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy.
authors: Luigia
authors: L
authors: Romano
mesh_terms: D064423:Drug Trafficking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*