| Autor: |
Donner JR; Department of Pediatrics, Hasbro Children's Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence RI., Ding A; Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence RI., Herzlinger M; Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI., Subedi S; Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI., Alverson B; Department of Pediatrics, Hasbro Children's Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence RI. |
| Abstrakt: |
Foreign body ingestion is common in pediatrics, particularly in children with psychiatric illness. Foreign bodies present for extended periods of time can trigger a local inflammatory reaction causing weight loss, abdominal pain, and elevated inflammatory markers, mimicking inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We report a case of intentional pen ingestion in a 13-year-old, whose clinical presentation with elevated inflammatory markers and terminal ileitis suggested on imaging was initially suspicious for Crohn's disease but was found on colonoscopy to be due to foreign body reaction from ingestion of a pen. |
