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Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Approach to rectal foreign body: an unusual presentation
  1. Peeyush Kumar,
  2. Samar Rehman,
  3. Anil Kumar Singh Rana
  1. Department of Surgery, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Peeyush Kumar, dr.peeyush.kr{at}gmail.com

Summary

Foreign bodies in the rectum are commonly confronted worldwide in the surgical emergency. Such a situation arises either accidentally or for autoerotic purposes. A wide variety of foreign objects have been reported in the literature and this usual object would add to the reports for its unusual location. We report a case of a 26-year-old young man with accidental insertion of hand shower in the rectum and no signs of any active bleed or peritonism. Extraction was done successfully in the operating room under general anaesthesia, with an uneventful postprocedure period and the patient was discharged after 48 hours of observation. Rectal foreign bodies can be of wide variety and can lead to life-threatening conditions. An orderly approach is required for diagnosis, management and evaluation in the postprocedure period.

  • general surgery
  • gastrointestinal surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224253

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    • Contributors PK: substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work. Drafting the work and revising it critically for important intellectual content. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. SR: substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work. AKSR: final approval of the version published. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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