Decorative crystal balls causing intestinal perforation

Crystal jelly balls are used for decorative purpose in homes and offices. They swell on contact with water. We managed a patient with a clinical diagnosis of acute abdomen. At surgery, there was fecal peritonitis and three ileal perforations caused by previously ingested decorative crystal balls.

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Autores principales: Mirza, Bilal, Ijaz, Lubna, Sheikh, Afzal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897572
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.83493
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spelling pubmed-31600502011-09-06 Decorative crystal balls causing intestinal perforation Mirza, Bilal Ijaz, Lubna Sheikh, Afzal J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Crystal jelly balls are used for decorative purpose in homes and offices. They swell on contact with water. We managed a patient with a clinical diagnosis of acute abdomen. At surgery, there was fecal peritonitis and three ileal perforations caused by previously ingested decorative crystal balls. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3160050/ /pubmed/21897572 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.83493 Text en © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Decorative crystal balls causing intestinal perforation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160050/
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