case_images: PMC2249600_01
case_images: Plain abdominal radiography.
case_images: 1752-1947-2-17-1.jpg
case_images: PMC2249600_01_1752-1947-2-17-1.jpg
case_images: F1
case_images: Plain abdominal radiography (figure 1) and successive contrast-enhanced abdominal CT (figure 2) revealed marked dilatation of the proximal jejunal segments, hydro-aerial levels on in the left abdominal quadrants and a radio-opaque foreign body of about 5 centimeters in diameter, contiguous to an ileal ansa and quite free within the pelvic cavity.
case_images: Contrast enhanced abdominal CT.
case_images: 1752-1947-2-17-2.jpg
case_images: PMC2249600_01_1752-1947-2-17-2.jpg
case_images: F2
case_images: Plain abdominal radiography (figure 1) and successive contrast-enhanced abdominal CT (figure 2) revealed marked dilatation of the proximal jejunal segments, hydro-aerial levels on in the left abdominal quadrants and a radio-opaque foreign body of about 5 centimeters in diameter, contiguous to an ileal ansa and quite free within the pelvic cavity.
case_images: a) Removal of laparotomic gauze across ileal breach. b)Laparotomic gauze 40 x 40 cm.
case_images: 1752-1947-2-17-3.jpg
case_images: PMC2249600_01_1752-1947-2-17-3.jpg
case_images: F3
case_images: An ileotomy of about 5 cm made it possible to remove the foreign body, which proved to be a piece of laparotomic gauze of 40 x 40 centimeters (figure 3).