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Ingested gastro-intestinal foreign bodies (FB) represent the vast majority of abdominal and pelvic FB while self-introduced urinary and genital tract FB and lost material during surgery are rarer. At the time of ingestion, the presentation can be variable. The longer the ingested FB remains, the higher the risk of release by the FB of toxic substances and the longer the FB is fixed, the higher the risk of ulceration by compression. Plain films must search for radioopaque FB while US may help to identify opaque and nonradiopaque FB wathever are their location in the abdomen or in the pelvis.

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  1. Department of Pediatric and Prenatal Imaging, Hôpital Timone Enfants, 264 Rue St Pierre, 13385, Marseille Cedex 05, France

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    Philippe Petit

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Dabadie, A., Petit, P. (2018). Foreign Bodies. In: E. Avni, F., Petit, P. (eds) Imaging Acute Abdomen in Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63700-6_26

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