Abstract
Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies is a common emergency in the pediatric population.
The foreign body generally passes through the whole gastrointestinal system spontaneously
without causing an obstruction. This is the first case report in the literature of
Hirschsprung disease associated with a radio-opaque foreign body lodged at the site
of a perforated sigmoid colon. This case highlights the fact that, in the case of
an impacted radio-opaque foreign body in a child, the possibility of an obstructive
congenital anomaly should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
May 1,
2012
Received in revised form:
April 29,
2012
Received:
January 17,
2012
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© 2012 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
