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Endoscopic extraction of a peritoneal loose body: a case report of an infant.

Asabe K, Maekawa T, Yamashita Y, Shirakusa T

Second Department of Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 45-1, 7-chome Nanakuma Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan. asabe@fukuoka-u.ac.jp

A 2-month-old female infant with a peritoneal loose body presenting as an abdominal mass and urinary tract infection is described. Peritoneal loose bodies are usually found in the pelvis of adult patients. A peritoneal loose body should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a mobile lesion found in the abdomen.

Published 2 May 2005 in Pediatr Surg Int, 21(5): 388-9.
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