title: Glass Microparticulate Ingestion: An Unusual and Difficult-to-Diagnose Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain.
abstract: In the absence of overt structural abnormalities, the diagnostic approach to chronic abdominal pain can be challenging. Occupational particulate inhalation causing injury to an organ other than the lung is rare. We report a case of inadvertent glass microparticulate ingestion causing chronic abdominal pain with altered local and systemic inflammatory responses.
authors.affiliation: Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: R Brooks
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Vance
authors.affiliation: Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mühlbauer
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Elizabeth B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Dreesen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: C Robert
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bagnell
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Georgette A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Dent
authors.affiliation: Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Herfarth
authors.affiliation: Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jobin
authors.affiliation: Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Evan S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Dellon