Rectal Foreign Body of Eggplant Treated Successfully by Endoscopic Transanal Removal

We report a patient in our hospital who had a rectal foreign body inserted into the deep part of the proctosigmoid that could be removed endoscopically. A 66-year-old man visited our hospital because of an eggplant which had been inserted into his rectum by his friend and could not be removed. Since plain abdominal computed tomography showed a foreign body thought to be an eggplant in the proctosigmoid, the foreign body was captured and removed with a snare under lower gastrointestinal endoscope guidance.Case Rep Gastroenterol 2018;12:189 –193
Source: Case Reports in Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research