Introduction: Foreign bodies, accidentally ingested, mostly pass through the gastrointestinal tract without any consequences. A very small percentage perforates the GI tract which may occur anywhere from mouth to anus. A definitive preoperative history of foreign body ingestion is uncertain. Small bowel foreign-body-induced perforations are rarely diagnosed preoperatively because clinical symptoms are usually non-specific and other minor surgical conditions, such as appendicitis. Greater risk of perforation occurs at extreme ages among those wearing dentures and orthodontic appliances, patients with previous bowel pathology, or alcoholic and psychiatric patients. Risk of perforations is related to the object length and sharpness as well. Case presentation: We are presenting an interesting case of perforation caused by NG-tube with a 36 year – old man. The patient was admitted with a primary diagnosis of RLQ pain and was taken to operating room for appendectomy but not was appendix turgid. In further investigations into the abdomen a jejunum perforation was found to have been caused by a foreign body. After extraction, it was determined as part of nasogastric tube. Discussion: Foreign bodies accidentally ingested mostly pass through gastrointestinal tract without any serious consequences. A definitive preoperative history of foreign body ingestion is uncertain. It was decided to do resection of the midline of abdomen and deliver the nasogastric tube. Postoperative treatment went well. Conclusion: Intestinal perforation via nasogastric tube is rare. The lack of history of ingestion and that of nasogastric tube detection preoperatively is considerable in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen, which in this case was treated surgically.

Perforation, Peritonitis, Foreign Body Ingestion