Accidental ingestion of cotton bud stick during alcohol intoxication: an unusual cause of caecal perforation
Memon, M.A.; Macafee, D.; Rattan, H.
Irish Medical Journal 95(1): 19-20
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0332-3102 PMID: 11928784 Document Number: 541906
A first reported case of caecal perforation by an ingested blunt foreign body is described. This 31-year-old female did not relate a history of accidental swallowing of a cotton bud stick on admission. The cause of her right iliac fossa pain (i.e. caecal perforation by a cotton bud stick) became only apparent when she underwent operation for suspected appendicitis. A simple closure of this caecal perforation was undertaken. The patient made a complete recovery from this ordeal. Caecal perforation by an ingested blunt foreign body can occur after it has safely negotiated the ileocaecal valve.