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Foreign body causing perforation of the appendix in an African boy

Foreign bodies in the appendix are a rare but well described clinical entity and may cause perforation. Presented here is the case of a 13yr old Ugandan boy who had features of acute appendicitis, was sent for appendicectomy and during the operation was found to have perforation of the appendix due...

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Autor principal: Hulme, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Field Epidemiology Network 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21120004