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Colorectal foreign body--a case report
K Siddharth Karanth1, Dipesh Duttaroy, Sashidar V Yeluri
1Department of General Surgery, SSG Hospital and Medical College, Baroda.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association
|March 29, 2007
Abstract:
Colorectal foreign bodies are frequently encountered with increased incidence of homosexuality and anal auto-erotism. A thirty-five years old unmarried male presented with an incarcerated rectal foreign body, a phallus shaped dried fruit of Cassia fistula. It was removed transanally after manipulation at laparotomy. The case is presented here due to its rarity.
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