Gastric foreign bodies

    GASTRIC FOREIGN BODIES

    • Objects : coins ,toys, toy parts, magnets, batteries, safety pins, screws, marbles, bones, and food boluses

    • History: asymptomatic - symptoms at the time of the ingestion: retrosternal pain, cyanosis, or dysphagia, stuck in the chest, refusal of feeds, drooling, respiratory symptoms( wheezing, stridor, choking)

    • Diagnostic : Abdominal-radiographs (anteroposterior and lateral) - CT or MRI – Ultrasonography

    • Management: Depend on: Patient's symptoms - shape - location - radio-opaque - magnetic properties

    • Coin: Symtomatic:remove promptly, Asymtomatic:check the location of the coin radiograph about once a week, Asymtomatic (not pass 4ws): endoscopic

    • Sharp or pointed objects: Remove promptly (use forcep and CAP)

    • Batteries: Remove promptly (use basket or snare )

    • Magnets: Remove promptly if accessible

     

    TRICHOBEZOAR

    • Management: Small size: Endoscopy remove

    • Large size: Surgery

    • Psychological exam

     
     
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