Abstract
A 19 years old married female presented with severe upper abdominal pain, repeated vomiting having history of swallowing a knife 7 months ago was admitted in Mordern Clinic and Diagnostic center, Joypurhat, Bangladesh. USG abdomen & X-ray (fig-1) abdomen were done when presence of a large foreign body (knife fig-3) in abdomen was made which latter on confirmed by Endoscopy of upper GIT (fig-2). Surprisingly the patient kept it in her abdomen for 7 months without any symptoms until the symptoms got worse and compelled her to seek medical help. The knife was removed by laparotomy, gastrotomy with uneventful recovery.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.14(2) 2015 p.210-212
Highlights
Fig-3: Knife removed from stomach measured about 7.5×1.5 inches with one edge sharp cutting and one end pointed. and Diagnostic Center Joypurhat, Bangladesh on
Upper G I Endoscopy confirmed a large cutting knife in stomach floating in the stomach and other end being fixed with penetrating the antral wall of stomach(fig:2)
After initial resuscitation and assessing her fitness for anesthesia laparotomy was done through an upper midline incision
Summary
Fig-3: Knife removed from stomach measured about 7.5×1.5 inches with one edge sharp cutting and one end pointed. and Diagnostic Center Joypurhat, Bangladesh on. Corresponds to: Dr Md. Zakirul Alam, Senior consultant, surgery, 250 Beded hospital, Mohammad Ali Hospital, Bogra, Bangladesh. Fig-3: Knife removed from stomach measured about 7.5×1.5 inches with one edge sharp cutting and one end pointed. USG abdomen & X-ray abdomen showing doubts about the presence of a large foreign body in abdominal cavity.
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