Many patients feel ashamed during the anamnesis and provide information only reluctantly. This may lead to missing information that may be important during therapy. For the same reason, patients may not visit a doctor until very late. Trusting and sensitive care for the ashamed and uncomfortable patients is paramount for a successful therapy and may be life-saving. Usually, several radiological images are recorded in order to pinpoint the precise place and depth of the<unk> <unk> . This is usually done by x-ray.<unk>  bodies made from low-contrast material (e.g. plastics) may necessitate medical ultrasound or a CT scan. Magnetic resonance imaging is contraindicated, especially if the<unk> <unk>  is unknown.<unk> <unk>  bodies may penetrate deep into the colon, in certain circumstances up to the right colic flexure. An endoscopy, which may also be of use during therapy, facilitates the identification and localisation of the object inside the rectum. Information about the<unk> <unk>  obtained in those ways are of high importance during therapy, as a perforation of the rectum or the anus is to be absolutely avoided.
Rectal foreign body
Anal plug
Vesicointestinal fistula
Anal fissure
Punctal plug
Ileosigmoid knot
Perianal hematoma
Anal fistula