title: [Case report: intestinal perforation by foreign body].
abstract: Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies in childhood is a common event that rarely requires interventional management and presents very few complications involving surgical treatment. We present a clinical case of a 10 month old infant, without abdominal manifestations, in whom it was incidentally found a foreign radiopaque body of 7 cm in length in the abdomen, compatible with a screw. It was not possible to extract it by endoscopy. Therefore, it was necessary to perform surgery and a perforation of the second and third portion of the duodenum was encountered.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Sor María Ludovica", La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. karolandrea1310@yahoo.com.|Posgrado en Gastroenterología, Hepatología y Nutrición Pediátrica, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Karol A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Martínez Portilla
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Sor María Ludovica", La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zubiri
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Sor María Ludovica", La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Balcarce
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Sor María Ludovica", La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Anabella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zosi
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños "Sor María Ludovica", La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Clara I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Chereau
mesh_terms: D004386:Duodenum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007223:Infant; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male
keywords: childhood; foreign bodies; intestinal perforation