Foreign Body in abdomen

Authors

  • Md Zakirul Alam Senior Consultant, Surgery, 250 Beded hospital, Mohammad Ali Hospital, Bogra
  • Mohibul Aziz Professor & Head, Department of Surgery, Ibn Sina Medical College Hospital, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v14i2.22775

Abstract

A 19 years old married female presented with severe upper abdominal pain, repeated vomiting having history of swallowing a knife 7 months ago was admitted in Mordern Clinic and Diagnostic center, Joypurhat, Bangladesh. USG abdomen & X-ray (fig-1) abdomen were done when presence of a large foreign body (knife fig-3) in abdomen was made which latter on confirmed by Endoscopy of upper GIT (fig-2). Surprisingly the patient kept it in her abdomen for 7 months without any symptoms until the symptoms got worse and compelled her to seek medical help. The knife was removed by laparotomy, gastrotomy with uneventful recovery.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.14(2) 2015 p.210-212

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Published

2015-04-18

How to Cite

Alam, M. Z., & Aziz, M. (2015). Foreign Body in abdomen. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 14(2), 210–212. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v14i2.22775

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Case Reports

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