An Unexpected Surprise: Delayed Gastric Outlet Obstruction from Coin Ingestion | Zendy

Eric O. Then | Zendy; Febin John | Zendy; Carmine Catalano | Zendy; Michell Lopez | Zendy; Vinaya Gaduputi | Zendy

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An Unexpected Surprise: Delayed Gastric Outlet Obstruction from Coin Ingestion

Author(s) -

Eric O. Then,

Febin John,

Carmine Catalano,

Michell Lopez,

Vinaya Gaduputi

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

clinics and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2039-7283

DOI - 10.4081/cp.2019.1153

Subject(s) - medicine , gastric outlet obstruction , ingestion , foreign body ingestion , vomiting , foreign body , postprandial , stomach , nausea , surgery , gastroenterology , general surgery , insulin

Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is characterized by postprandial vomiting due to mechanical obstruction. Rarely it can occur due to ingestion of a foreign body. Most cases of foreign body ingestion are benign, with passage of the ingested object into the stool with no clinical sequelae. We describe a case of an 80-year-old woman with GOO occurring secondary to ingestion of two coins (American quarters). Rarely will such a small object cause a true gastric outlet obstruction. To our knowledge this makes the second such case reported in the medical literature.

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