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Query: UMLS:C0000727 (acute abdomen)
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A 12-year-old boy with Lennox syndrome presented with an acute abdomen and a history of progressive abdominal pain and vomiting over 3 weeks. The uncommon finding in this case was a foreign body detected in a lower loop of the jejunum causing radiological and clinical signs of jejunitis/ileitis. The foreign body had to be removed surgically and turned out to be a hard (originally soft) plastic part of a towel rack.
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PMID:Uncommon case of a foreign body ingestion with consecutive small-bowel obstruction in a child. 1534 70