Article Text
Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
A swallowed foreign body that uncovered an undiagnosed bowel pathology
Summary
This report details a unique presentation of Crohn's disease in a patient who inadvertently swallowed the cap of a USB mass storage device and subsequently developed intestinal obstruction and underwent a limited right hemicolectomy. Imaging, photographs and histology are described with discussion of surgical outcomes.
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Footnotes
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Competing interests None.
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Patient consent Obtained.