Surprises in cecal intubation: foreign bodies in the colon

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2022 Jan;114(1):56-57. doi: 10.17235/reed.2021.8155/2021.

Abstract

We report the case of a 70-year-old male who visited for a colonoscopy on an outpatient basis after being admitted months earlier due to a subocclusive condition that was resolved with conservative treatment. His medical background included a laparotomy for a duodenal ulcer in 1979, as well as a subsequent intervention to debride adhesions. Cecal intubation was achieved with difficulty due to the patient's adhesive syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cecum* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cecum* / surgery
  • Colon
  • Colonoscopy
  • Foreign Bodies* / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male