Ingested metallic foreign body lodged within the appendix
| Autor: | Hussah Al-Buainain, Hossam Elshafei, Sukainah Alabkary |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Metallic foreign body
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry General surgery lcsh:RJ1-570 lcsh:Surgery Pediatric Surgeon lcsh:Pediatrics lcsh:RD1-811 medicine.disease Appendix 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Right lower quadrant 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Foreign body Complication business Foreign Bodies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, Vol 32, Iss, Pp 39-40 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2213-5766 |
| Popis: | Ingested foreign body is a common health problem encountered by pediatric surgeon. Most of these cases, the foreign body passes through the gastrointestinal tract without causing further complication and only rare cases they get lodged within the appendix and require surgical intervention. This case report describes an incidental finding of metallic foreign body in the right lower quadrant region in the abdominal x-ray of 3-year-old boy. Serial abdominal radiographs during the following 3 months revealed the persistent presence of foreign body in the same region and its mobility pattern that is characteristic of foreign bodies within uninflamed appendix. An elective appendectomy was performed in order to avoid further complications. Keywords: Appendectomy, Appendix, Foreign body, Metallic |
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