Citation

Losanoff JE, Kjossev KT. J. Emerg. Med. 1999; 17(1): 31-33.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9950383

Abstract

A 20-year-old man presented with a rectal "oven mitt," which was removed transanally. Rigid proctosigmoidoscopy revealed no apparent perforation, but subsequent contrast enema using meglumine diatrizoate demonstrated an extraperitoneal rectal perforation, which was probably caused by a wooden stick used to forcefully introduce the glove through the patient's anus. Thus, rectal injuries may be caused not by the foreign object itself, but by another object used as an introducer.

Language: en