TY - JOUR T1 - Unusual presentation of a retained foreign body in a child JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2015-210997 VL - 2015 SP - bcr2015210997 AU - Sultan Almuallem AU - Yasmin A M Yousef AU - Abdulmalik Suhail Y1 - 2015/10/09 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2015/bcr-2015-210997.abstract N2 - A 4-year-old boy, not known to have any medical illness, presented to several medical facilities reporting right upper quadrant and right flank pain, intermittent fever and chills for 3 months. A CT of the abdomen showed that a swallowed ‘bobby pin’ had pierced through the right kidney. This finding explained the boy's symptoms. The pin was removed by laparotomy without any subsequent complication. The patient had an uneventful postoperative recovery. ER -