Two Cases of an Intraabdominal Foreign Body Identified as a Piece of Metal

Abstract

We report herein on two cases of intraabdominal foreign body identified as pieces of metal. Case 1: A 97-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of right lower abdominal pain. Abdominal CT scan revealed a high-density substance in the free abdominal cavity. Under a diagnosis of an intraabdominal foreign body, open surgery was urgently performed. A 2.0-cm long needle-shaped metal foreign body in the greater omentum near the right transverse colon was confirmed and removed. Case 2: A 33-year-old man visited our hospital for an appendicitis operation. A CT scan incidentally revealed a high-density substance in the pelvic area. We performed laparoscopic surgery, in which we combined the appendectomy with removal of a 5.0-cm long needle-shaped metal foreign body in the pelvic region near the bladder.