Rectal foreign body (vibrator)

Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Leisure device inserted beyond normal methods of extraction. Medical help required.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Phallus shaped soft tissue abnormality with internal mechanical components including two AA batteries projected over the mid sacrum.

Rectal gas opposes both sides of the abnormality.   No bowel obstruction.

Case Discussion

One of the more conventional objects to occasionally enter the rectum by accident and require the help of the medical establishment to remove.

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