TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Accidental ingestion of cotton bud stick during alcohol intoxication: an unusual cause of caecal perforation
JO  - Irish medical journal
A1  - Memon, M. A.
A1  - Macafee, Dal
A1  - Rattan, H.
SP  - 19
EP  - 20
VL  - 95
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0332-3102
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -