[A toddler with nightly vomiting and pain in the abdomen]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2017:161:D2069.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 4-year-old boy was referred to the emergency department with four days of nightly vomiting after ingestion of a marble. Abdominal X-ray showed the marble in the antrum of the stomach. The marble was successfully removed by endoscopy. X-rays detect 86% of all glass objects and should therefore be considered as diagnostic option by ingestion of a marble.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Abdominal Pain / surgery
  • Child, Preschool
  • Endoscopy / methods*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stomach*
  • Vomiting