EDITOR'S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOTS
Delayed passage of metallic foreign bodies
Derby City General Hospital, Derby, UK
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MsR E Melhado
31 Hollowood Ave, Littleover, Derby DE23 6JD, UK; raye732001@yahoo.co.uk
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A 34-year-old man with Lowe syndrome presented with features of subacute bowel obstruction and weight loss. Lowe syndrome is an X-linked recessive syndrome comprising of congenital cataracts, neonatal or infantile hypotonia with subsequent mental impairment and renal tubular dysfunction. Abnormal behaviour with unusual obsessions and self-injurious behaviour is not uncommon with this syndrome. His plain abdominal film demonstrated multiple metallic objects within the bowel (fig 1
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Figure 1 Plain abdominal radiograph demonstrating multiple metallic objects within the bowel lumen.
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