title: Abracadabra.
abstract: A voluminous radiopaque foreign body (7 cm in diameter bowl) in the rectum of a 45-year-old male patient was removed uneventfully by a transanal approach with an obstetric forceps.
authors.affiliation: Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Piazzalunga
authors.affiliation: Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coccolini
authors.affiliation: Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ansaloni
keywords: Foreign body; Methods; Rectum; Removal