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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr;9(2):80-1.
doi: 10.4103/0972-9941.110968.

Laparoscopic removal of a needle from the pancreas

Amit Jain  1 , Hirdaya Hulas Nag, Neeraj Goel, Nikhil Gupta, Anil Kumar Agarwal
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Case Reports

Laparoscopic removal of a needle from the pancreas

Amit Jain et al. J Minim Access Surg. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

Foreign bodies inside the pancreas are rare and usually occur after the ingestion of sharp objects like fish bone, sewing needle and toothpick. Most of the ingested foreign bodies pass spontaneously through the anus without being noticed but about 1% of them can perforate through the wall of stomach or duodenum to reach solid organs like pancreas or liver. Once inside the pancreas they can produce complications like abscess, pseudoaneurysm or pancreatits. Foreign bodies of pancreas should be removed by endoscopic or surgical methods. We hereby report our experience of successful removal one a sewing needle from pancreas.

Keywords: Foreign body; laparoscopy; pancreas; sewing needle.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Radiograph showing linear radio-opaque shadow against T12 Vertebra. (b) CT picture (Left) showing hyperdense body (arrow) in the pancreatoduodenal groove region. (Right) enlarged reconstructed image showing linear hyperdensity (arrow) traversing duoenopancreatic groove into the head of pancrease
Figure 2
Figure 2
Intra-operative picture with extracted needle shown in inset
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