ER Findings: Rectal Toys (updated with new picks on 9/8/2006)

Updated: Here are 5 presentations of rectal toys as seen by xray studies.

I ran into this the other day. This is a really useful article that every emrupdate physician reader should learn. You won't find this in any SNOMED, MEDCIN or other database:

Part I: Removal of 100-Watt Electric Bulb from Rectum

from Annals of Emergency Medicine, November 1982

To the Editor:
In all societies, individuals have introduced foreign bodies into the rectum, penis, and vagina, sometimes for sexual gratification and sometimes for unusual psychological reasons. The literature contains many reports of such instances, particularly with respect to foreign bodies in the rectum. Objects reported include stones, coke bottles, plastic vibrators, pencils, sticks, a baseball, knives, screwdrivers, the U-bend of a sink, a sponge rubber ball, glass tumblers, a pickle bottle, and a beer glass. This case report adds to the list a 100-watt electric bulb, an object not previously reported, and describes the technique used for the successful removal of this fragile object...

For rest of story: http://www.well.com/~cynsa/bulb.html

 

Part II: Coke Bottle In Rectum

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Part III: Eel In Rectum

Part IV: Ping Pong Ball

Part V: Cannon Shell

Part VI: Mouse, Hamsters, Gerbils

If you see one of these guys in an abdominal xray, well ask the patient what they've been up to for the previous 24 hours...

Part VII: Cell Phones, Charger, Cell Phone Clips Found Among Prisoners

The director of the prison known as Zacatras, Capt. Juan Ramon Arevalo, said the gang members had introduced the cell phones, wrapped in plastic bags, into their bodies through their anuses. Authorities also found nine cell phone chips and one charger. Rest of story can be found HERE.

Part VIII: Vibrator

This lady ended up in the ER with an object she couldn't take out...

 

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Posted Aug 12 2006, 05:18 AM by alborg