Postoperative Pain Due to a Retained Needle in the Mesentery of the Ascending Colon: A Case Report

A plethora of reports have previously been published concerning the removal of intra-abdominal foreign bodies. However, in most of these cases, an acute inflammatory reaction occurred. In emergency medicine, accidental sewing needle ingestion is a frequent presentation. However, it is extremely uncommon for the needle to be inserted through the abdominal wall and remain silent inside the abdominal cavity. We hereby report a case of incidental finding of a needle retrieved from the antimesenteric intestinal border of the ascending colon in a 41-year-old female patient who presented to our hospital with acute right abdominal colic on the third postoperative day after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Laparotomy was performed, and the corroded needle was successfully removed from the mesentery together with its sheath.