Never Brush off Abdominal Pain: A Case of a Grill Brush Bristle Causing Colonic Perforation
Acute abdominal pain constitutes 7% to 20% of all emergency department visits. While abdominal pain encompasses a broad differential, etiologies of enteritis can be divided into 4 major categories, with infection being the most common. We present the first case of enteritis caused by sigmoid colon a...
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| author | Bibek Saha Vijayvardhan Kamalumpundi Jenny J. Cao Crystal H. Kang Allison Reinhardt Joelle N. Friesen Bright Thilagar |
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| description | Acute abdominal pain constitutes 7% to 20% of all emergency department visits. While abdominal pain encompasses a broad differential, etiologies of enteritis can be divided into 4 major categories, with infection being the most common. We present the first case of enteritis caused by sigmoid colon and possibly jejunal perforation secondary to grill brush bristle ingestion. Despite comprehensive workup for enteritis, the cause remained elusive in our case, necessitating computed tomography enterography, which revealed the foreign body. Clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion for foreign body ingestion, including grill brush bristle, in cases of unexplained enteritis, as this represents an uncommon but life-threatening etiology. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a381a2a7cb0645a295bfc1b989a4897b2025-08-20T02:44:20ZengElsevierGastro Hep Advances2772-57232025-01-014610064510.1016/j.gastha.2025.100645Never Brush off Abdominal Pain: A Case of a Grill Brush Bristle Causing Colonic PerforationBibek Saha0Vijayvardhan Kamalumpundi1Jenny J. Cao2Crystal H. Kang3Allison Reinhardt4Joelle N. Friesen5Bright Thilagar6Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MinnesotaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MinnesotaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MinnesotaDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MinnesotaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MinnesotaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MinnesotaDivision of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Correspondence: Address correspondence to: Bright Thilagar, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.Acute abdominal pain constitutes 7% to 20% of all emergency department visits. While abdominal pain encompasses a broad differential, etiologies of enteritis can be divided into 4 major categories, with infection being the most common. We present the first case of enteritis caused by sigmoid colon and possibly jejunal perforation secondary to grill brush bristle ingestion. Despite comprehensive workup for enteritis, the cause remained elusive in our case, necessitating computed tomography enterography, which revealed the foreign body. Clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion for foreign body ingestion, including grill brush bristle, in cases of unexplained enteritis, as this represents an uncommon but life-threatening etiology.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772572325000329Foreign Body IngestionEnteritisComputed Tomography EnterographySigmoid ColonSmall Intestine |
| spellingShingle | Bibek Saha Vijayvardhan Kamalumpundi Jenny J. Cao Crystal H. Kang Allison Reinhardt Joelle N. Friesen Bright Thilagar Never Brush off Abdominal Pain: A Case of a Grill Brush Bristle Causing Colonic Perforation Gastro Hep Advances Foreign Body Ingestion Enteritis Computed Tomography Enterography Sigmoid Colon Small Intestine |
| title | Never Brush off Abdominal Pain: A Case of a Grill Brush Bristle Causing Colonic Perforation |
| title_full | Never Brush off Abdominal Pain: A Case of a Grill Brush Bristle Causing Colonic Perforation |
| title_fullStr | Never Brush off Abdominal Pain: A Case of a Grill Brush Bristle Causing Colonic Perforation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Never Brush off Abdominal Pain: A Case of a Grill Brush Bristle Causing Colonic Perforation |
| title_short | Never Brush off Abdominal Pain: A Case of a Grill Brush Bristle Causing Colonic Perforation |
| title_sort | never brush off abdominal pain a case of a grill brush bristle causing colonic perforation |
| topic | Foreign Body Ingestion Enteritis Computed Tomography Enterography Sigmoid Colon Small Intestine |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772572325000329 |
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