Similar in Size But Different in Detail
Jong Jin Hyun
1,2
and Richard A. Kozarek
1
1
Digestive Disease Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, and
2
Korea University College of Medicine,
Seoul, Korea
Question: A 67-year-old
man presented with
abdominal pain. The patient
had a 10-year history of
rather severe abdominal
pain that occurred every
6 months and lasted for
1 week at a time. More
recently, however, the pain
evolved to occur weekly
and lasted for 36 to 48
hours. These pains were
located in the lower
abdomen, increased over
several hours, were colicky
in nature, and invariably
ended in multiple emesis. His only abdominal surgery was an appendectomy 13 years ago. He also had lost a total of 50
pounds of weight over the past 2 years. Therefore, computed tomography (CT) enterography was ordered to evaluate
recurrent abdominal pain and unintentional weight loss.
On CT enterography, streak artifact was noted in the cecum consistent with the presence of some metallic object (Figure
A). On a scout image, a 24 9-mm, densely radiopaque ovoid foreign body could be observed in the right lower quadrant of
the abdomen (Figure B) and was interpreted as a capsule endoscope in the cecum.
What is this radiopaque metallic object seen in the abdomen?
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Conflicts of interest
The authors disclose no conflicts.
© 2018 by the AGA Institute
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https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2018.01.048
CLINICAL CHALLENGES AND IMAGES IN GI
Gastroenterology 2018;155:613–615