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01-04-2015 | Case Report

A Retained Rectosigmoid Foreign Body: Unusual Presentation

Authors: Sagar Sadhu, Forqan Sheik, Sanjay K. Dubey, Manas K. Roy

Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery | Special Issue 1/2015

Abstract

A variety of foreign bodies have been inserted in to the rectum for autoeroticism. However, their presence inside the bowel lumen for prolong period might not produce serious harm to the host, and discovery of such object during evaluation of rectal symptoms is not a surprise. Here we describe a 64-year-old male patient presented with rectal symptoms, and a rectosigmoid foreign body was discovered after 35 days of self-insertion. No serious life threatening events occurred during this period. This was easily removed by trans-anal approach under anesthesia.

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Title: A Retained Rectosigmoid Foreign Body: Unusual Presentation
Authors: Sagar Sadhu
Forqan Sheik
Sanjay K. Dubey
Manas K. Roy
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 0972-2068
Electronic ISSN: 0973-9793
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-014-1182-7

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