Atypical Presentation of Multiple Foreign Body Ingestion.
Foreign body ingestion is very common in childhood especially under 3 year of age. Pica syndrome is characterized by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive. We present a 3-year old girl who presented to ER with symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction.
Pediatric Surgery Department, Bahcelievler State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Emrah
E
Aydın
Department of Pediatrics, Bagcilar Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Sultan
S
Bent
Anesthesiology Department, Bahcelievler State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Burak
B
Ayan
Children; Foreign body; Intestinal perforation; Pica syndrome