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CASE REPORT
Spontaneous passage of long, sharp gastrointestinal foreign body in a child
  1. Vilvapathy Senguttuvan Karthikeyan1,
  2. Mohammed Gaffoor Ansari2,
  3. Ramasamy Suresh3,
  4. Bettaiyagowder Easwaran4
  1. 1Department of Urology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India
  2. 2Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Pondicherry, India
  3. 3Department of Pediatrics, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Pondicherry, India
  4. 4Department of General Surgery, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Pondicherry, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Vilvapathy Senguttuvan Karthikeyan, sengkarthik{at}yahoo.co.in

Summary

Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common problem in children. Up to 90% of these FBs pass spontaneously. FBs reaching the stomach usually pass out spontaneously. Exceptions to this spontaneous passage include a long FB that cannot cross the pylorus, duodenum or ileocaecal junction. We present a case of a 9-year boy who accidentally ingested a long paper pin, which spontaneously passed in 26 h. This case is being reported to highlight the successful spontaneous passage of a 4 cm long sharp foreign body in a child.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-206542

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