Unusual Presentation of Gastric Perforation by Foreign Body: A Case Report

Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract by ingested foreign body is rare. The majority of patients do not recall ingestion of the foreign body, and dietary foreign bodies are most commonly involved. We present an interesting case where the offending foreign body gave rise to a diagnostic dilemma m...

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Autores principales: Rao, V. S. R., Sarkar, R., Turner, Richard, Wedgwood, K. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/509806
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author Rao, V. S. R.
Sarkar, R.
Turner, Richard
Wedgwood, K. R.
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description Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract by ingested foreign body is rare. The majority of patients do not recall ingestion of the foreign body, and dietary foreign bodies are most commonly involved. We present an interesting case where the offending foreign body gave rise to a diagnostic dilemma masquerading as a pancreatic mass. A high index of suspicion is indicated especially when dealing with atypical presentation and nonspecific symptoms as highlighted in this case.
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spelling pubmed-33500482012-05-17 Unusual Presentation of Gastric Perforation by Foreign Body: A Case Report Rao, V. S. R. Sarkar, R. Turner, Richard Wedgwood, K. R. Case Rep Surg Case Report Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract by ingested foreign body is rare. The majority of patients do not recall ingestion of the foreign body, and dietary foreign bodies are most commonly involved. We present an interesting case where the offending foreign body gave rise to a diagnostic dilemma masquerading as a pancreatic mass. A high index of suspicion is indicated especially when dealing with atypical presentation and nonspecific symptoms as highlighted in this case. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3350048/ /pubmed/22606582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/509806 Text en Copyright © 2011 V. S. R. Rao et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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