Nail mine in stomach.

Saqibuddin  Khan; Kunwar Muhammad  Aqeel; Nosheen  Anwar; Jahanzaib  Haider; Tariq Mehmood  Khan

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Nail mine in stomach.

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Saqibuddin Khan Department of Surgery, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Kunwar Muhammad Aqeel Department of Surgery, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Nosheen Anwar Department of Surgery, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Jahanzaib Haider Department of Surgery, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Tariq Mehmood Khan Department of Surgery, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

Ingestion of foreign bodies is a common clinical scenario in any emergency department. Presence of thousands ingested foreign bodies inside stomach is a rare scene. However, only a few such cases have been reported. Here we present a case of young adult man with known psychiatric disorder, having 2562 nails in his stomach leading to gastric outlet obstruction. Gastrotomy was employed to relieve the stomach of this mine of nails. Later psychiatric care was also provided.

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Page(s) 250-251

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Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Year: 2011

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