OUCH!!! A FAUCET AS RECTAL FOREIGN BODY: A CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Kavita Jadhav*, Namisha Raut, Manikantha G., Akshay Kadam and Burhanuddin Khambati

ABSTRACT

Colorectal foreign bodies are not so commonly encountered. Their presence is usually indicative of homosexuality, autoerotism or a mentally unstable individual. The main reasons for the presence of foreign bodies include pruritus ani, accidental insertion, alleged assault, drug smuggling, iatrogenic (e.g. migration of colonic stents), and psychosexual motives. The wide variety of objects and variation in trauma to local tissues of the rectum and distal colon warrants a systematic approach to the diagnosis and management of rectal foreign bodies. We present a case of a 27 year old patient with an alleged history of accidental insertion of a faucet in his rectum. The transanal extraction was not successful. So, lower midline laparotomy was performed and the faucet was retrieved after colotomy.

Keywords: Rectal foreign body, faucet, management.