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An unusual cause of small bowel perforation: apricot pit
Koray Atila1, Sanem Güler, Seymen Bora
1Department of General Surgery, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey. katila@deu.edu.tr
Abstract:
Ingestion of foreign bodies can be a common problem, especially among children, alcoholics, and psychiatric and senile patients. Foreign bodies with smooth edges usually do not pose significant problems, but a sharp foreign object that is not retrieved immediately may penetrate the wall and cause complications. Ingested foreign bodies usually pass the intestinal tract uneventfully, and perforation occurs in less than 1%. In this study, we report a case of small bowel obstruction with perforation in a 73-year-old female due to the accidental swallowing of an apricot pit.
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