Rectal foreign body - eggplant

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain

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Abdominal and pelvic x-rays

x-ray

Plain films of the pelvis demonstrate a large egg-shaped opacity with heterogeneous air density within it. No free intraperitoneal gas or evidence of a bowel obstruction. 

Case Discussion

The shape of the eggplant means that once its equator has passed the anal verge it has a tendency to scoot up and away. 

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