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A Foreign Body in the GI Tract After EST and Stone Extraction –A Case Report–
Author(s) -
PORTO Amicis M. F.,
KANNAN Eduardo
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.1991.tb00297.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epigastric pain , foreign body , abdominal pain , white blood cell , pancreatic enzymes , alimentary tract , surgery , stomach , gastroenterology , pancreatitis , vomiting
We investigated the case of a patient who had complications after EST and stone extraction. A 55‐year‐old woman had EST for choledocholithiasis and 12 hours later developed epigastric pain. As the pancreatic enzymes and white blood cell count were within the normal limits, a plain abdominal X ray film was done and revealed the papillotome's wire still in the stomach and duodenal loop. Its removal relieved the sympoms and this was followed by an uneventful recovery.