Gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to an incidental foreign body - a case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Natalia Olszak (Author), Tatiana Jamer (Author), Marcin Rasiewicz (Author), Agnieszka Borys-Iwanicka (Author), Elżbieta Krzesiek (Author), Tomasz Pytrus (Author), Dariusz Patkowski (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Termedia Publishing House, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report the case of a 3-year-old girl who was admitted to the hospital because she had been passing tarry stools for about a month. Passing black, tarry stools is a distressing symptom and usually the result of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Injury due to an ingested foreign body may be one of th...