Abstract
A 55-year-old man who had caries teeth and a history of undergoing appendectomy was brought into our hospital by ambulance because of intersifying abdominal pain after he had a meal including boar meat. Abdominal CT scan showed some plate-like objects in the dilated small intestine. He was admitted with the diagnosis of food ileus. Another abdominal CT scan performed 12 hours after admission showed no improvement. Emergency laparotomy revealed lots of undigested residue of food, including pieces of cartilage, in the small intestine. In the diagnosis and decision-making for treatment of food ileus, we must give a careful patient interview to know contents of meals and his or her eating habit and bear in mind that surgery is often required.
