Sonographic diagnosis of perforation of the gastric antrum caused by a foreign body: A case report

Medicine
Yanan ZhaoHuisen Hu

Abstract

Ingestion of foreign bodies often occurs in clinical environments, especially in toddlers and aged patients. Although plain radiography and CT are widely used for the assessment of foreign bodies, sonography has an advantage in the diagnosis of some radiolucent foreign bodies, such as wood and bamboo materials. An 80-year-old woman presented with a 4-day history of right upper quadrant abdominal persistent distended pain without radiation. Radiographs, a preliminary abdominal ultrasound (US) and an abdominal computed tomography (CT) were unremarkable. A repeat abdominal US found a foreign body inserted in the gastric wall of antrum. But subsequent gastroscopy was negative. A laparotomy confirmed the diagnosis of bamboo stem penetration out of the gastric antrum. The patient was treated by laparotomy and the bamboo stem was removed successfully. Bamboo stem-caused digestive perforation was confirmed by laparotomy. The perforation site was at the gastric wall of antrum. Intravenous antibiotic therapy was administered for two weeks until her body temperature dropped to a normal level, and C-reactive protein (CRP) decreased to the normal limits. she was discharged from the hospital. Previous studies suggest that US can identify the...Continue Reading

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