Foreign Body, Rectal
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Basics
Description
- Self-insertion (autoeroticism):
- Phallic substitutes inserted by patient or partner
- Usually men aged 20–40 yr, with male to female ratio 20:1
- Ingested objects lodged in rectum:
- Chicken bones
- Fish bones
- Toothpick
- Iatrogenic accidental:
- Thermometer
- Enema tips
- Foreign bodies (FBs) used to aid in removal of feces
- Assault:
- Knife or pipe forcibly inserted
- Serious injury more common; incidence of perforation is very high
- Concealment:
- Body packing, “mules” illegally transporting drugs
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Basics
Description
- Self-insertion (autoeroticism):
- Phallic substitutes inserted by patient or partner
- Usually men aged 20–40 yr, with male to female ratio 20:1
- Ingested objects lodged in rectum:
- Chicken bones
- Fish bones
- Toothpick
- Iatrogenic accidental:
- Thermometer
- Enema tips
- Foreign bodies (FBs) used to aid in removal of feces
- Assault:
- Knife or pipe forcibly inserted
- Serious injury more common; incidence of perforation is very high
- Concealment:
- Body packing, “mules” illegally transporting drugs
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