Endoscopic Removal of a Press-Through Pack from the Anal Canal.

Anal canal Endoscopy Press-through pack

Journal

Case reports in gastroenterology
ISSN: 1662-0631
Titre abrégé: Case Rep Gastroenterol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101474819

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
received: 08 09 2020
accepted: 18 09 2020
entrez: 12 3 2021
pubmed: 13 3 2021
medline: 13 3 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The incidence of press-through pack (PTP) ingestion has been increasing. In many cases, the ingested PTP is lodged in the esophagus. Here, we report a case of endoscopic removal of a PTP from the anal canal. An 89-year-old man with mild dementia presented with a 3-day history of anal pain. On digital rectal examination, we felt a hard and sharp object, which could not be manually removed due to its shape. Therefore, it was removed endoscopically. We inserted an endoscope with a large-caliber soft oblique cap and observed the PTP in the anal canal. It was successfully removed using grasping forceps. The patient was stable, with only mild anal fissures, and no serious complications such as perforation and bleeding were observed. It is generally recognized that a PTP that reaches the large intestine is naturally expelled. Even if a PTP could pass through the pylorus or the small intestine, it could still be difficult to discharge naturally from the anus without discomfort or pain, as in this case.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33708061
doi: 10.1159/000511751
pii: crg-0015-0137
pmc: PMC7923698
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

137-141

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 by S. Karger AG, Basel.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Auteurs

Ayaka Takasu (A)

Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Takashi Ikeya (T)

Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Katsuyuki Fukuda (K)

Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

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