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Anal impalements are infrequent injuries and are rarely fatal.
A 63-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department after gardening accident. He presented a trans-anal impalement by a metallic rod and a complex wound in the left-side thoracic wall. On arrival, consciousness was preserved despite the low blood pressure but the patient died from a severe hemorrhagic shock minutes later.