Foreign Body, Rectum (cont.)
Medical Author:
Martin J Carey, MD, MPH, BCh
Medical Editor:
Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD
IN THIS ARTICLERectal Foreign Body CausesForeign objects found in the rectum and anus seem to be limited only by the human imagination. The majority of objects have been introduced through the anus. But sometimes a foreign body may be swallowed, pass through the digestive tract, and eventually get held up in the rectum.
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Anorectal foreign bodies are usually inserted transanally for sexual or medicinal purposes.
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