Foreign body of the colon (case report)

Abstract

Aim: to present a clinical case and a literature review.Patient and Methods: a 39-year-old man admitted to the clinic with abdominal pain, vomiting, urge to defecate, hiccups. He reported that a group of people forcibly injected him with an object through the anal canal. General check-up, chest and abdominal X-ray were done. The diagnosis was established: a foreign body of the rectum, sigmoid and colon. Under anesthesia, transanal removal of a foreign body was performed — a fragment of a pipe made of polymer materials with a length of 55 cm, a diameter of 6.5 cm.Results: the item was extracted completely without complications. After 2 years, the man is healthy. In the world literature, we did not find reports of such a large length of transanally removed objects.Conclusion: in the absence of peritonitis and perforation of the intestinal wall, transanal removal of a foreign body of the rectum and colon under anesthesia may be the method of choice.