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Intra-abdominal insertion of sewing needles: a rare method of child abuse

The insertion of sewing needles into the abdominal cavity is an uncommon form of child abuse. We report a 2-and-a-half-year-old boy with 2 intra-abdominal sewing needles that were discovered during the evaluation of chronic abdominal pain and vomiting. This case report illustrates the wide range wit...

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Autores principales: Alshamrani, Hussain, Bakhswain, Amal, Habib, Zakaria, Kattan, Hoda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24188948
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2013.505