Perforated rectum: intraperitoneal zucchini

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard , 12 Sep 2011
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 8 Jun 2022
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Updates to Case Attributes

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Generalized abdominal pain in a hobby farmer.
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This caseCT is a useful modality to assess complications of an intraperitoneal zucchini is unusual, and does raise questions as to how hard one has to push a blunt vegetable to perforate the rectumrectal foreign bodies

  • -<p>This case of an intraperitoneal zucchini is unusual, and does raise questions as to how hard one has to push a blunt vegetable to perforate the rectum. </p>
  • +<p>CT is a useful modality to assess complications of rectal foreign bodies. </p>

Updates to Quizquestion Attributes

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Large component of air and the distribution of seeds is helpful in distinguishing this zucchini from a similarly shaped cucumber.
Question was removed:
Can you identify the vegetable? How?

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There is a seed-containing vegetable in the peritoneal cavity.
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What is the abnormality? In what compartment is it located?

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Inserted into the rectum, perforated the wall of the rectum and passed into the peritoneal cavity.
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How did it get there?

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