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Man in Taiwan gets coconut stuck in rectum, visits hospital after he struggles to pee

Doctors remove coconut from rectum of 56-year-old man in Taiwan

In a bizarre case, a man in Taiwan had to visit the hospital after a coconut became stuck in his rectum.

This gave him severe abdominal pain and made it impossible for him to pee.

Source: CNA

Doctors had to perform surgery on the man to remove the fruit, which measured 5.6cm in diameter.

Man had difficulties peeing due to coconut in rectum

The incident, which happened in the southern city of Kaoshiung, was published in the British Journal of Surgery.

According to the report, which was titled “Case of coconutention”, a 56-year-old man sought medical help after experiencing the following symptoms for two days:

  • Severe abdominal pain
  • Anuria, or a lack of urine production
  • Absolute constipation

When doctors at E-Da Hospital performed a CT scan on the patient, they found a “large foreign body” in his rectum.

That object turned out to be a coconut, which reportedly measured about 7.5cm in length and 5.7cm in width, CNA reported.

The British Journal of Surgery stated that the coconut was compressing the man’s prostatic urethra, which in turn caused urinary retention.

Taiwanese news site China Times stated that his bladder was on the verge of bursting as the backflow of urine caused it to expand to about 2,000 cubic cm.

Doctors eventually performed abdominal surgery to remove the coconut.

 

Patient refused to reveal backstory

Speaking to China Times, Chen Chih-I, one of the doctors who published the report, said the incident was the first “coconut stuffing” case he encountered.

Recounting the incident, Dr Chen said the patient visited the emergency room alone.

When asked about the object in his rectum, the person only answered: “Coconut.”

He added that if treatment was delayed, the man ran the risk of having his bladder bursting or his rectum turning necrotic due to prolonged compression.

Dr Chen compared the procedure to a C-section. However, the difference is that the latter involves the uterus and the removal of a foetus.

After the surgery, staff at the hospital asked the man how the coconut ended up in his rectum.

The patient, however, was coy about the explanation.

Thus, the backstory to this strange episode remained a mystery even after he was discharged from the hospital.

Also read: Hospital In France Evacuated After Elderly Man Arrives With Bomb Inside Rectum, Surgeons Remove Explosive

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Featured image adapted from CNA and British Journal of Surgery

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