[Unusual injuries of the intestinal tract and gynecologic laparotomy]

A case of a 61-year-old patient is reported who underwent laparotomy for presumptive torsion of an ovarian tumor. The acute abdominal symptoms were caused by a fish bone which had perforated the omentum. Bilateral ovarian cystadenofibromas were present, yet torsion had not occurred; they were exstirpated. In addition, a case of a 70-year-old patient is presented who underwent relaparotomy for a cervicosigmoidal fistula. The fistula contained a poultry rib. Complete healing was observed after removal of the bone and suturing of the cervical sigmoidal defects.