Presentation
Burmese python who ingested a rat along with a blanket used in the cage.
Patient Data
Multiple dorsoventral projections of the body are available for review. Linear amorphous heterogenous opacity consistent with fiber is visible throughout the proximal GI tract. A complete small animal skeleton, most likely the rat the snake also ingested, is visible immediately caudal to the fiber material. Radiopaque markers were placed to aid in surgical planning.
Impression:
Mechanical intestinal obstruction.
A laparotomy was performed and the blanket was removed from the intestinal tract.
Case Discussion
Foreign body ingestion (blanket). The striations in the fabric are characteristic of textile foreign bodies, and were particularly visible in this case due to extent and minimal overlying structures.
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