When traditions become dangerous: Intestinal perforation from unusual foreign body—Case report and short literature review

Autor: F. Palumbo, M. Puglia, A Sciuto, L. Palumbo, Igino Simonetti, L. Tarotto, Fernanda Esposito, A. Ragozzino
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: European Journal of Radiology Open
European Journal of Radiology Open, Vol 6, Iss, Pp 152-155 (2019)
ISSN: 2352-0477
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejro.2019.04.002
Popis: Gastrointestinal perforation (GI) is a common cause of acute abdomen in the emergency department that needs a prompt surgery intervention. Nowadays, CT examinations represent the method of choice to image patients with acute abdominal pain in emergency. GI perforations by foreign bodies ingested is rare and only
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