INFRARENAL PREAORTIC FOREIGN BODY - AN UNFORESEEN CASE OF MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN

Abstract

Time and again in medical literature, extra-luminal foreign bodies have been documented in different parts of the body. However, the occurrence of non-rearm, non-explosive, non-iatrogenic foreign bodies are rare. Most foreign bodies are seen in high-risk populations such as paediatric age groups, psychiatric patients, alcoholics and are usually found incidentally while screening for some other medical condition. Most swallowed foreign bodies; depending on their shape and size are generally passed out naturally, a few tend to get lodged along the tract, causing perforations and rarely may migrate to nearby organs or viscera. While symptoms may vary, a large number of these foreign bodies may go unnoticed for years, making it a challenge to accurately trace their incidence or the source of occurrence. Here, we present a case of a 58 year old man with a linear thin metallic wire in the infra-renal, pre-aortic region with no possible clue for origin or migration making its whole presence a mystery!