Foreign-Body Perforations of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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FOREIGN-BODY injuries of the gastrointestinal tract constitute an important challenge to the surgeon. They are frequent in occurrence,1 2 3 4 5 6 7 varied in symptomatology and treacherous in their close simulation of other disease patterns.This report presents 6 such cases observed within fourteen months on a 50-bed general surgical ward.Case ReportsCase 1. M. C, a 59-year-old woman, entered the hospital complaining of increasing constipation of 3 months' duration, accompanied by tenesmus, lower-abdominal cramps, occasional bright-red blood at stool and a 25-lb. weight loss. Physical examination disclosed nothing remarkable except for slight left-lower-quadrant tenderness. Laboratory data was noncontributory. Barium-enema examination revealed an . . .

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