Unusual presentation of acute rectal pain due to fish bone impacted in rectum – a case report.

Fish bone is the commonest type of foreign body ingested [1] and not regarded as a very serious medical condition. Though, the condition may seem too simple and often overlooked, but rarely, the damage they can cause can be quite catastrophic ranging from abrasions to faecal peritonitis. Fish bones in rectum are a rare finding not commonly published in medical literature. In this article, we report of an unusual presentation of acute rectal pain due to an impacted rectal fish bone.