Open AccessHard to digest-bowel perforation due to a swallowed toothpick
Author(s) -
Gökçe Kaan Ataç,
Salih Erpulat Öziş
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of diagnostic imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2331-5865
pISSN - 2331-5857
DOI - 10.5430/ijdi.v1n2p43
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body , perforation , abdominal pain , acute abdominal pain , acute appendicitis , surgery , foreign bodies , computed tomography , ingestion , radiology , general surgery , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Acute right lower quadrant pain is one of the most frequent reasons for emergency calls. Acute appendicitis is also the most abundant surgical intervention due to acute abdominal pain. Foreign body ingestion is another but rare cause of acute abdominal pain especially in adult patients. We describe the clinical, surgical and multidetector computed tomography imaging findings of large bowel perforation due to unintentionally ingested wooden toothpick.