Colo-Rectal

Last updated (26 October 2003)

Foreign Body? Click on the image to download a larger version
This PFA was performed following the surgery to remove the faecolith and tip of the appendix.
What does it show?
What do you think the course of events at the original operation were?
Persistance of the unusual opactiy
A surgical drain in the right iliac fossa
Intestinal obstruction
Evidence of surgery via a conventional right iliac fossa incision
The metallic object in the right iliac fossa is a safety pin.
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Adrian P. Ireland