A case report of drinking glass in rectum

Mymensingh Med J. 2006 Jan;15(1):96-8. doi: 10.3329/mmj.v15i1.6.

Abstract

A fifty years old man was admitted in the Dept. of Surgery of Community Based Medical College, Bangladesh, Hospital with the history of pain and distension of lower abdomen for 4 days with obstipation for the same duration. He gave history of being assaulted and forceful introduction of some foreign body per-rectally 5 days back. History, clinical examination and abdominal X-rays diagnosed the case as impacted foreign body in rectum. He was undergone laparotomy and a big drinking glass was extracted from sigmoid colon. Patient developed subcutaneous stitch infection postoperatively and discharged from the hospital after controlling the infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Colon, Sigmoid / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colon, Sigmoid / injuries
  • Colon, Sigmoid / surgery
  • Cooking and Eating Utensils
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Glass*
  • Humans
  • Laparotomy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Rectum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Rectum / injuries
  • Violence