Citation

Memon MA, Macafee D, Rattan H. Ir. Med. J. 2002; 95(1): 19-20.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, England, UK. mmemon@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Winstone Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11928784

Abstract

A first reported case of caecal perforation by an ingested blunt foreign body is described. This 31-year-old female did not relate a history of accidental swallowing of a cotton bud stick on admission. The cause of her right iliac fossa pain (i.e. caecal perforation by a cotton bud stick) became only apparent when she underwent operation for suspected appendicitis. A simple closure of this caecal perforation was undertaken. The patient made a complete recovery from this ordeal. Caecal perforation by an ingested blunt foreign body can occur after it has safely negotiated the ileocaecal valve.

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