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Delayed Titanium Hypersensitivity and Retained Foreign Body Causing Late Abdominal Complications
Titanium is a known metal used widely in the medical field and can cause allergic reactions with complications. Our case is about a 28-year-old female presenting with a spectrum of abdominal symptoms with a complicated medical history. The abdominal pain is associated with titanium allergy reaction...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7946486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33763279 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5515401 |
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author | Jain, Molly S. Lingarajah, Sivasthikka Luvsannyam, Enkhmaa Somagutta, Manoj Reddy Jagani, Ravi Pankajbhai Sanni, Jay Ebose, Enomfon Tiesenga, Frederick M. Jorge, Juaquito M. |
author_facet | Jain, Molly S. Lingarajah, Sivasthikka Luvsannyam, Enkhmaa Somagutta, Manoj Reddy Jagani, Ravi Pankajbhai Sanni, Jay Ebose, Enomfon Tiesenga, Frederick M. Jorge, Juaquito M. |
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description | Titanium is a known metal used widely in the medical field and can cause allergic reactions with complications. Our case is about a 28-year-old female presenting with a spectrum of abdominal symptoms with a complicated medical history. The abdominal pain is associated with titanium allergy reaction from previously inserted titanium-based surgical clips. This patient is concurrently found to have a retained pigtail catheter in the cecum discovered incidentally through radiology. We discuss the presentation, investigations, and treatment of this unusual case. The case also unfolds rare differential diagnoses to keep in mind when encountering a patient with abdominal pain and associated nonspecific symptoms. |
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spelling | pubmed-79464862021-03-23 Delayed Titanium Hypersensitivity and Retained Foreign Body Causing Late Abdominal Complications Jain, Molly S. Lingarajah, Sivasthikka Luvsannyam, Enkhmaa Somagutta, Manoj Reddy Jagani, Ravi Pankajbhai Sanni, Jay Ebose, Enomfon Tiesenga, Frederick M. Jorge, Juaquito M. Case Rep Surg Case Report Titanium is a known metal used widely in the medical field and can cause allergic reactions with complications. Our case is about a 28-year-old female presenting with a spectrum of abdominal symptoms with a complicated medical history. The abdominal pain is associated with titanium allergy reaction from previously inserted titanium-based surgical clips. This patient is concurrently found to have a retained pigtail catheter in the cecum discovered incidentally through radiology. We discuss the presentation, investigations, and treatment of this unusual case. The case also unfolds rare differential diagnoses to keep in mind when encountering a patient with abdominal pain and associated nonspecific symptoms. Hindawi 2021-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7946486/ /pubmed/33763279 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5515401 Text en Copyright © 2021 Molly S. Jain et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Jain, Molly S. Lingarajah, Sivasthikka Luvsannyam, Enkhmaa Somagutta, Manoj Reddy Jagani, Ravi Pankajbhai Sanni, Jay Ebose, Enomfon Tiesenga, Frederick M. Jorge, Juaquito M. Delayed Titanium Hypersensitivity and Retained Foreign Body Causing Late Abdominal Complications |
title | Delayed Titanium Hypersensitivity and Retained Foreign Body Causing Late Abdominal Complications |
title_full | Delayed Titanium Hypersensitivity and Retained Foreign Body Causing Late Abdominal Complications |
title_fullStr | Delayed Titanium Hypersensitivity and Retained Foreign Body Causing Late Abdominal Complications |
title_full_unstemmed | Delayed Titanium Hypersensitivity and Retained Foreign Body Causing Late Abdominal Complications |
title_short | Delayed Titanium Hypersensitivity and Retained Foreign Body Causing Late Abdominal Complications |
title_sort | delayed titanium hypersensitivity and retained foreign body causing late abdominal complications |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7946486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33763279 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5515401 |
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