A British man has perforated his bowel after inserting an ‘unusually large’ 77cm-long sex toy in his anus, a case report reveals.
The patient, whose name is unknown, used the bendy object for sexual gratification when he was drunk.
Doctors revealed he ‘lost control’ of the toy because he was intoxicated, allowing it to get stuck inside his rectum.
The bizarre case, published in the BMJ Case Reports, has prompted experts to warn that inserting objects can be ‘highly dangerous’.
Describing the object as ‘unusually large’ in the journal, doctors said: ‘This case is the first of its kind and exclusive due to the enormous size.’
The patient, whose name is unknown, used the bendy object, which measured 77cm, for sexual gratification when he was drunk
Doctors revealed he ‘lost control’ of the toy because he was intoxicated, allowing it to get stuck inside his body (yellow arrow points to the toy in his abdomen)
The patient, who was in severe pain, presented himself to the A&E department at a hospital ran by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust.
He explained to medics how he intentionally placed the non-battery-operated sex toy into his rectum while under the influence of alcohol.
Medics, led by Dr Saad Ikram, were concerned when an X-ray revealed a ‘smooth shadow’ in the right side of his abdomen.
The man then informed doctors, who were stunned over the size of the mass, that the sex toy measured three quarters of a metre.
The bizarre case, published in the BMJ Case Reports , has prompted experts to warn that inserting objects in the rectum can be ‘highly dangerous’ (diagram of the man’s case)
Further scans then revealed the large foreign body had perforated his bowel.
Surgeons removed the sex toy and also cut out 20cm of his large intestine, including the part that was torn.
The patient spent nine days hooked up to feeding tubes in hospital and was fitted with a stoma bag to stop waste passing through his colon.
Dr Rishi Goel, a consultant gastroenterologist at Kingston Hospital, London, told MailOnline that inserting objects ‘is ill-advised and highly dangerous’.
‘Foreign body object insertion into the gastrointestinal tract can lead to bleeding and perforation which may require endoscopic or surgical treatment.
‘Such irresponsible behaviour can lead to a significant burden on the provision of emergency hospital care.’
The case comes after MailOnline broke the news of an Italian man who shoved up a drinking glass up his anus for pleasure shattered.
The unnamed patient, believed to be from Milan, told doctors he put the object up his bottom for ‘sexual stimulation’.
But when he tried to remove the 8cm by 6cm drinking vessel, it broke and sharp pieces of glass were left scattered inside him.