A Case of a Colon Perforation Due to a Soft Rectal Foreign Body.
- Author:
Jeong Hwa LEE
1
;
Sang Bum KANG
;
Dong Cheon HA
;
Ki Huyn KWON
;
Seung Woo LEE
;
Yeon Soo KIM
;
Dong Soo LEE
;
Soon Woo NAM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. ksb1999@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Soft foreign body;
Colon perforation;
Operation
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Colon;
Colonoscopy;
Colostomy;
Emergencies;
Foreign Bodies;
Hand Strength;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Rectum;
SNARE Proteins;
Surgical Instruments
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2011;43(1):52-55
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Numerous foreign bodies in the rectum have been reported in the literature. Their removal can be challenging depending on the size and shape of the objects and their anatomical location in the rectum. A 64-year-old man presented to the emergency department after inserting a sausage into his rectum. He had some rectal discomfort and lower abdominal pain. There were no signs of bowel perforation. We attempted to extract the sausage impacted in the recto-sigmoid junction by colonoscopy using a snare and grasping forceps but failed to extract the foreign body. Unfortunately, a colon perforation had occurred, and the sausage was eventually extracted by performing a colostomy at the recto-sigmoid junction with primary repair. We report this case of a soft rectal foreign body impacted in the recto-sigmoid colon complicated by a colon perforation with a literature review.
