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KMID : 0882420120820060718
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2012 Volume.82 No. 6 p.718 ~ p.723
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Fish-Bone Penetration of the Gastrointestinal Tract Extending into the Pancreas: Report of Two Cases
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Lee Gil-Sun
Lee Eun-Young
Park Eun-Jung
Park Ha-Na
Heo Jin-Seok
Lee Jong-Kyun
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Abstract
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Most ingested foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract uneventfully within 1 week of ingestion, and so gastrointestinal tract perforation is rare, occurring in less than 1% of patients. The occurrence of a pancreas penetration secondary to foreign-body perforation is even rarer. Here we report two cases of foreign-body penetration of the gastrointestinal tract extending into the pancreas and retroperitoneum. The findings of these cases serve to remind all clinicians that the diagnosis of a foreign-body perforation should always be kept in mind in a patient with abdominal symptoms, and physicians should endeavor to determine the history of ingestion and be aware of foreign bodies in CT scans.
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KEYWORD
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Pancreas, Abscess, Foreign-body migration, Foreign-body ingestion, Complication
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