Citation

Imaizumi H, Yamauchi M, Namiki A, Takahashi H, Hatakeyama K. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 1997; 15(1): 52-53.

Affiliation

Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9002570

Abstract

A "press-through" package (PTP), because it is large and square-shaped, tends to be caught in the esophagus when swallowed. A rare case of obstructive ileus induced by a PTP that was swallowed by 54-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus and acute appendectomy is reported. The PTP was 19 mm x 18 mm and was lodged in the cecum, which was stenosed because of preexisting intestinal adhesions; consequently, the PTP obstructed the ileus. The PTP was surgically removed.

Language: en