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Toothpick ingestion complicated by cecal perforation: case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Diverticulitis and carcinoma represent the most common causes of colon perforation, but other causes, like ingestion of foreign bodies, should be taken into account. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 64-year old man presenting in our Emergency Department with a 2 days history of...

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Autores principales: Lovece, Andrea, Asti, Emanuele, Sironi, Andrea, Bonavina, Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4290385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25584065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-9-63