title: A Rare Case of Gastrointestinal Tract Foreign Body; Glassy Stomach.
abstract: Ingestion of foreign bodies is common and conservative treatment can eliminated most particlesfrom the gastrointestinal tractunless peritoneal signs appear. A 22-year-old man presented to emergency department who had ingested glass particles of a crushed beveragebottle.Hecomplained ofepigastric and periumbilical pain. Physical examination did not revealany peritoneal signs. Abdominal X-ray showed stomach full of small glass particles. Conservative treatment, without any surgical intervention,resulted insafely eliminating glass particlesin this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebrahimi
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Jafar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malmir
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Azadeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahmoudi-Gharaee
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman University of Medical sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foroughian
keywords: Foreign bodies; case management; emergencies; gastrointestinal tract; glass