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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2023

Toothpick perforates small bowel-mimicking diverticulitis.

Ahmed A Fallatah, Hassan Mashbari, Hatoon Daghestani, Omar Mostafa, Nawaf Alshahwan, Ahmed Alburakan, Thamer Nouh

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ahmed A FallatahTrauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O Box 2925 Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8255-982X
Hassan MashbariDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, P.O Box 6809 Jazan 82817-28204, Saudi Arabia.
Hatoon DaghestaniTrauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O Box 2925 Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Omar MostafaCollege of Medicine, Sulaiman Al Rajhi University, P.O Box 777 Albukairiyah 51941, Saudi Arabia.
Nawaf AlshahwanTrauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O Box 2925 Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed AlburakanTrauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O Box 2925 Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Thamer NouhTrauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O Box 2925 Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bowel perforation is an emergency condition that requires critical thinking and readily intervention; nevertheless, on occasions, its presentation can be challenging to diagnose. Several etiologies could cause bowel perforation, including obstruction, mass, inflammation, ischemia, etc. On rare occasions, a foreign body could be the cause of perforation, which mandates a detailed history and focused review of the images when the patient's condition allows. We report a case of ileal perforation caused by an ingested wooden toothpick that was suspected on the CT images, which the patient has no memory of ingesting.

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abdominal painCT scanforeign bodyperforationsmall boweltoothpick

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PMCPMC10506890

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