PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Quantz, Mackenzie A.
AU  - Brown, Rea
TI  - Late presentation of an intra-abdominal foreign body
DP  - 1997 Aug 01
TA  - Canadian Journal of Surgery
PG  - 305--307
VI  - 40
IP  - 4
4099  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/40/4/305.short
4100  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/40/4/305.full
SO  - CAN J SURG1997 Aug 01; 40
AB  - Bowel obstruction by a foreign body is rare. The authors describe the case of a 77-year-old woman who had small-bowel obstruction due to a foreign body 40 years after a transabdominal hysterectomy. A loop of small bowel had herniated through a metal ring and had become necrotic. The ring and involved bowel were excised and the patient’s clinical course was uncomplicated. The original purpose of the ring remains a mystery. The time frame between the introduction of a foreign body and the occurrence of symptoms in this case appears to be the longest ever reported.