Case of coconutention (January 2023 [2])

Published: 04/05/2023

Authors: Yi-Chieh Chen and Chih-I Chen

A 56-year-old man presented with a 2-day history of severe abdominal pain, anuria, and absolute constipation. Abdominal CT showed a large foreign body in the rectum, which compressed the prostatic urethra, causing urinary retention. A coconut was removed from the rectum via exploratory laparotomy.