Foreign body: A sewing needle migrating from the gastrointestinal tract to pancreas

Özet

Of all ingested foreign bodies, 2.4% comprise of sewing needles. Through perforation of gastrointestinaltract, which occurs in 1% of cases, they can migrate into the liver and pancreas. Foreign bodies in pancreasshould be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic abdominal pain. Computed tomography scansprovide valuable information for the localization of the lesion, which guide the surgeon during the operation. Secondary to foreign bodies that migrate to the pancreas, complications with high mortality such aspancreatitis, pseudoaneurysm, and pancreas abscess can be seen. Thus, for this patient group, diagnosticlaparoscopy is recommended, considering its advantages of decreased postoperative pain, decreased woundinfection, and faster recovery time. Here we present a case of a 23-year-old female patient, from whom aningested needle that migrated from the back wall of the stomach to the pancreas was extracted by laparoscopic surgery.