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(a) Abdominal X-ray on admission demonstrating the golf ball within the upper rectum. (b) Abdominal X-ray on day 1 inpatient demonstrating proximal migration of the golf ball into the sigmoid colon.
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A plain abdominal X-ray demonstrated a radiopaque spherical object, consistent with a golf ball, within the patient's pelvis (Figure 1(a)). However, an abdominal X-ray performed 24 hours later (Figure 1(b)) demonstrated that the golf ball remained in the sigmoid colon.
A graphic illustration of the golf ball around the rectosigmoid junction (Tymianski, 2022).
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The authors have produced this reconstructive illustration to outline the anatomical challenges encountered in trying to retrieve the golf ball from proximal to the rectosigmoid junction (Figure 2).