• Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2011

    Case Reports

    An unusual cause of small bowel perforation: apricot pit.

    • Koray Atila, Sanem Güler, Seymen Bora, and Hüseyin Gülay.
    • Department of General Surgery, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey. katila@deu.edu.tr
    • Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2011 May 1;17(3):286-8.

    AbstractIngestion of foreign bodies can be a common problem, especially among children, alcoholics, and psychiatric and senile patients. Foreign bodies with smooth edges usually do not pose significant problems, but a sharp foreign object that is not retrieved immediately may penetrate the wall and cause complications. Ingested foreign bodies usually pass the intestinal tract uneventfully, and perforation occurs in less than 1%. In this study, we report a case of small bowel obstruction with perforation in a 73-year-old female due to the accidental swallowing of an apricot pit.

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