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Unusual presentation of an abdominal foreign body: A case report
1Department of Surgery, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Research, Iran.
Background:
Insertion of rectal foreign bodies intentionally or unintentionally is not unusual.
Case Presentation:
A 19-years-old unmarried male was admitted to our hospital due to a lump of left lower quadrant of abdomen. He denied sexual assault .The abdomen was soft on physical examination. Abdominal x-ray and CT scan showed a foreign body in lower abdomen and pelvis. The patient was operated and a slice of glass was extracted.
Conclusion:
In patients with rectal foreign body, the history is not always reliable and sexual assault may deny. The foreign object inserted in the rectum may migrate to peritoneal cavity without peritonitis.
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