A Rare Case of Gastrointestinal Tract Foreign Body; Glassy Stomach

Ingestion of foreign bodies is common and conservative treatment can eliminated most particlesfrom the gastrointestinal tractunless peritoneal signs appear. A 22-year-old man presented to emergency department who had ingested glass particles of a crushed beveragebottle.Hecomplained ofepigastric and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ebrahimi, Mohsen, Malmir, Jafar, Mahmoudi-Gharaee, Azadeh, Foroughian, Mahdi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28286851
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Sumario:Ingestion of foreign bodies is common and conservative treatment can eliminated most particlesfrom the gastrointestinal tractunless peritoneal signs appear. A 22-year-old man presented to emergency department who had ingested glass particles of a crushed beveragebottle.Hecomplained ofepigastric and periumbilical pain. Physical examination did not revealany peritoneal signs. Abdominal X-ray showed stomach full of small glass particles. Conservative treatment, without any surgical intervention,resulted insafely eliminating glass particlesin this patient.

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