Proctalgia and colorectal stricture as the result of a 2-year transit of a retained rectal chicken bone: a case presentation and review of the literature.
We report a case of a 70-year-old woman who presented with progressively increasing intensity of lower abdominal, pelvic and rectal pain of 3-day duration. She had similar symptoms intermittently over the preceding 2 years. CT of the abdomen and pelvis revealed the presence of a 3.8×0.4 cm linear foreign body in the colorectal region. History obtained from relatives recalled inadvertent ingestion of a chicken bone 2 years prior to presentation. Trials of foreign body retrieval, both manually and via rigid and flexible sigmoidoscopy, however, were unsuccessful due to the presence of obstruction by a circumferential rectal stricture. Consequently, an exploratory laparotomy was performed, with segmental resection of 17 cm of rectum and distal sigmoid. Dissection of the strictured segment revealed the presence of a chicken bone. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course, was discharged and is to continue following up on an outpatient basis.
Department of Trauma Services, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, USA.
Adel
A
Elmoghrabi
Department of Trauma Services, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, USA.
Mohamed
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-5421
M
Mohamed
Department of Trauma Services, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, USA.
Kristoffer
K
Wong
Department of Trauma Services, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, USA.
Michael
M
McCann
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005502:Food / Q000009:adverse effects; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011200:Poultry; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012007:Rectum