Presentation
Slipped while cooking Malaysian food... or some other Kiplinesque "just so" story. Now, abdominal pain.
Patient Data
Age: 40 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Pestle in rectum
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Radio-opaque object projects over the pelvis. In this clinical setting, presumably within the rectum.
From the case:
Pestle in rectum
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Mortar and pestle
Mortar and pestle image from wikimedia commons.
Author: Evan-Amos
Original file here
Modification: Square crop
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