caa a22 4500 606247750 CHVBK 20210128101347.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12262-013-0883-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12262-013-0883-7 An Interesting Cause of Mechanical Small Bowel Obstruction [Elektronische Daten] [Sandeep Anantha Sathyanarayana, Gary Deutsch, Barak Friedman] Foreign body ingestion is a known cause of abdominal pain in pediatric population occurring between 6months and 3years of age (Wyllie Curr Opin Pediatr 18:563, 2006, Uyemura Am Fam Physician 72:287, 2005, Banerjee Indian J Pediatr 72:173, 2005). Most of the ingested foreign bodies pass spontaneously with 10-20% requiring endoscopic retrieval, and <1% of cases require a surgical intervention (Wyllie Curr Opin Pediatr 18:563, 2006, Uyemura Am Fam Physician 72:287, 2005, Shivakumar Indian J Pediatr 71:689, 2004). Presence of intestinal obstruction necessitates surgical intervention to extract the ingested foreign body. Initial abdominal plain radiograph should be obtained when foreign body ingestion is suspected, which differentiates a radiopaque from radiolucent foreign bodies. A computed tomography with 3D reconstruction (3D-CT) is recommended with radiolucent foreign bodies (Uyemura Am Fam Physician 72:287, 2005, Kazam Am J Emerg Med 23:897, 2005). After 24h of expectant management, failure of spontaneous passage requires further intervention. Timely intervention to relieve the obstruction is pivotal to prevent undue complications. We present an interesting case of a boy who ingested a radiolucent foreign body diagnosed on 3D-CT, successfully treated with surgical extraction. Association of Surgeons of India, 2013 Foreign body nationallicence Pediatric bowel obstruction nationallicence Small bowel obstruction nationallicence Gastrointestinal foreign bodies nationallicence Radiolucent foreign body nationallicence Anantha Sathyanarayana Sandeep Department of Surgery, Hofstra-NSLIJ School of Medicine, 300 Community Drive, 11030, Manhasset, NY, USA aut Deutsch Gary Department of Surgery, Hofstra-NSLIJ School of Medicine, 300 Community Drive, 11030, Manhasset, NY, USA aut Friedman Barak Department of Radiology, Hofstra-NSLIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, USA aut Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77(2015-12-01), 731-732 0972-2068 77<731 2015 77 12262 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-013-0883-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-013-0883-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Anantha Sathyanarayana Sandeep Department of Surgery, Hofstra-NSLIJ School of Medicine, 300 Community Drive, 11030, Manhasset, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Deutsch Gary Department of Surgery, Hofstra-NSLIJ School of Medicine, 300 Community Drive, 11030, Manhasset, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Friedman Barak Department of Radiology, Hofstra-NSLIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77(2015-12-01), 731-732 0972-2068 77<731 2015 77 12262