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Computed tomography imaging of a 14-year-old boy with evidence of a foreign body (paintbrush) in the pelvic cavity, anterior to sigmoid bowel loops (marked with blue outline).
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The location of the FB was reported in the mesenteric area with adjacent fat stranding and not in the bowel loops (Figure 1).
Laparoscopy view demonstrating foreign body (paintbrush) in the omentum.
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The paintbrush was covered with omentum, so dissection of the omentum was performed, and the paintbrush was taken entirely out by laparoscopic graspers (Figure 2).