An unexpected surprise: delayed gastric outlet obstruction from coin ingestion
| Autor: | Eric Omar Then, Febin John, Carmine Catalano, Michell Lopez-Luciano, Vinaya Gaduputi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Clinics and Practice, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2039-7275 2039-7283 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/cp.2019.1153 |
| Popis: | Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is characterized by postprandial vomiting due to mechanical obstruction. Rarely it can occur due to ingestion of a foreign body. Most cases of foreign body ingestion are benign, with passage of the ingested object into the stool with no clinical sequelae. We describe a case of an 80-year-old woman with GOO occurring secondary to ingestion of two coins (American quarters). Rarely will such a small object cause a true gastric outlet obstruction. To our knowledge this makes the second such case reported in the medical literature. |
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