TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis and Management of a Postpyloric Foreign Body Causing Small Bowel Obstruction in an Infant
AU - Bradford, Victoria
AU - Vadi, Marissa
AU - Carter, Harmony
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2017/7/4
Y1 - 2017/7/4
N2 - Foreign body ingestion is a common occurrence in the pediatric population and most ingestions resolve with little morbidity. Although radiopaque objects are easily identified on biplane radiographs, radiolucent objects may elude detection, delaying diagnosis. We report a case of a healthy 10-month-old infant who presented with a 5-day history of postprandial vomiting and imaging consistent with small bowel obstruction. On exploratory laparotomy, she was discovered to have a postpyloric foreign body requiring removal through an enterotomy.
AB - Foreign body ingestion is a common occurrence in the pediatric population and most ingestions resolve with little morbidity. Although radiopaque objects are easily identified on biplane radiographs, radiolucent objects may elude detection, delaying diagnosis. We report a case of a healthy 10-month-old infant who presented with a 5-day history of postprandial vomiting and imaging consistent with small bowel obstruction. On exploratory laparotomy, she was discovered to have a postpyloric foreign body requiring removal through an enterotomy.
KW - Foreign body ingestion
KW - pediatrics
KW - small bowel obstruction
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U2 - 10.1177/1179547617719249
DO - 10.1177/1179547617719249
M3 - Article
SN - 1179-5476
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
JF - Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
ER -