An unusual presentation of toothpick penetration of colon

This case report presents the delayed unusual presentation of plastic toothpick penetrating transverse colon 3 months after ingestion with localized peritonitis. Role of omentum “policeman of abdomen” for salvage is highlighted. Careful observation and long-term lookup for any neglected ingested for...

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Autores principales: Wani, Imtiaz, Wani, Shamima A, Mir, Shabir, Parra, Khursheed
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21063566
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.70773
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description This case report presents the delayed unusual presentation of plastic toothpick penetrating transverse colon 3 months after ingestion with localized peritonitis. Role of omentum “policeman of abdomen” for salvage is highlighted. Careful observation and long-term lookup for any neglected ingested foreign body are stressed. The delayed presentation can be sometimes proving as a surgical emergency.
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spelling pubmed-29665762010-11-09 An unusual presentation of toothpick penetration of colon Wani, Imtiaz Wani, Shamima A Mir, Shabir Parra, Khursheed J Emerg Trauma Shock Case Report This case report presents the delayed unusual presentation of plastic toothpick penetrating transverse colon 3 months after ingestion with localized peritonitis. Role of omentum “policeman of abdomen” for salvage is highlighted. Careful observation and long-term lookup for any neglected ingested foreign body are stressed. The delayed presentation can be sometimes proving as a surgical emergency. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2966576/ /pubmed/21063566 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.70773 Text en © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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