Migration of two swallowed foreign bodies to different locations in the same case
Mesut Gül1, İbrahim Aliosmanoğlu1, Musluh Hakseven1, Mehmet Güli Çetinçakmak2
1Department of General Surgery, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey
2Department of Radiology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Abstract
Foreign body ingestion can be seen at all ages, especially in childhood. Most swallowed foreign objects are disposed from the body without any health problems through defecation. It is rare that a foreign object perforates the intestine and migrates into the liver or peritoneum. In our case two unintentionally swallowed needles pierced the intestine and were located in the left lobe of the liver and small intestine mesentery. Foreign objects were detected in the abdomen of a 20-year-old female patient during examination performed for abdominal pain that lasted for three months. After a follow up period of three weeks the patient’s complaints continued. She underwent laparotomy and both needles were removed in one session. It should be kept in mind that swallowed foreign objects can sometimes perforate the gastrointestinal system and may be located in different organs in the abdomen.
Keywords: Foreign body ingestion, migration, diagnosis, treatment
Written informed consent was obtained from patient who participated in this case.
Externally peer-reviewed.
Concept - M.G., İ.A.; Design - M.G., İ.A.; Supervision - M.G., İ.A.; Funding - M.G., İ.A.; Materials - M.G., M.H., M.G.Ç.; Data Collection and/or Processing - M.G., M.H., M.G.Ç.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - M.G., M.H., M.G.Ç.; Literature Review - M.G., İ.A.; Writer - M.G., İ.A.
No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.