Unfolding a mystery: a case of small bowel perforation in an edentulous patient.

Omar A Bamalan, Abdullkarim Mobarki, Hessa Alsubeai, Bader AlQusaibi, Faisal Hijazi, Zainab Dumiati, Haytham Khalil

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Omar A BamalanGeneral Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, PO Box 9003, King Fahad Suburb, 95th Street, Dammam 31413, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9466-5630

Abdullkarim MobarkiMedical Imaging Department, Security Forces Hospital, PO Box 9003, King Fahad Suburb, 95th Street, Dammam 31413, Saudi Arabia.

Hessa AlsubeaiGeneral Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, PO Box 9003, King Fahad Suburb, 95th Street, Dammam 31413, Saudi Arabia.

Bader AlQusaibiGeneral Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, PO Box 9003, King Fahad Suburb, 95th Street, Dammam 31413, Saudi Arabia.

Faisal HijaziGeneral Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, PO Box 9003, King Fahad Suburb, 95th Street, Dammam 31413, Saudi Arabia.

Zainab DumiatiMedical Imaging Department, Security Forces Hospital, PO Box 9003, King Fahad Suburb, 95th Street, Dammam 31413, Saudi Arabia.

Haytham KhalilGeneral Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, PO Box 9003, King Fahad Suburb, 95th Street, Dammam 31413, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

A small bowel perforation caused by ingestion of plant stems or herbal twigs is rare, with inherent diagnostic challenges (i.e. secondary to radiological translucency and nonspecific manifestations). This is a 50 years-old male, who is edentulous and habitually drinks tea using Ocimum every evening, presented to the emergency department with lower-quadrants abdominal pain for 1 day with no prior history of an animal meat-based meal (e.g. fish, chicken). The labs revealed minimal leucocytosis, and the abdominal computed tomography showed a hyperdense linear foreign body penetrating through the terminal ileum. The patient was stable and underwent bowel resection and anastomosis with an uneventful post-operative course. Therefore, even in edentulous patients with no foreign bodies (e.g. bones, toothpicks) possibly ingested, herbs might be a rare cause worthy of investigation.

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bowel perforationedentulismforeign body ingestionherbs ingestionsOcimum

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PMID42368646

DOI10.1093/jscr/rjag523

PMCPMC13308946

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