Two Case Reports of Transanal Foreign Bodies

Abstract

We describe 2 patients with transanal foreign bodies. Patient 1 was a 62-year-old man who consulted our hospital because he could not remove a foreign body that had been inserted into his rectum two days earlier. A plain abdominal radiograph revealed a cylindrical body. The object could not be removed because a computed tomography examination showed that the apex of the foreign body had reached rectosigmoid. An emergency laparotomy was performed with a combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. The aerosol can was removed transanally. Patient 2 was a 26-year-old man who presented with a rectal foreign body. The object could not be removed, so emergency surgery was performed using a combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. A vibrator was removed transanally. Transanal foreign bodies should be carefully treated based on the medical history and diagnostic imaging studies.