%0 Journal Article
%T Open Safety Pin Ingestion Presenting as Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia
%A Bilal Mirza
%A Afzal Sheikh
%J APSP Journal of Case Reports
%D 2011
%I Association of Pediatric Surgeons of Pakistan
%X Foreign body ingestion is common in children. Sharp foreign bodies are potentially harmful and can result various complications. An 8-month-old infant presented with incarcerated umbilical hernia. With a suspicion of strangulation, operation was performed that revealed a loop of ileum being stuck in the umbilical defect. The loop of ileum was freed from the umbilicus which demonstrated open ends of safety pin piercing out of bowel lumen. The enterotomy followed by removal of safety pin was performed.
%K Safety pin ingestion
%K Strangulated umbilical hernia
%K Intestinal perforation
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