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Ingested metallic foreign body impacted in the vermiform appendix presenting as acute appendicitis: Case report

INTRODUCTION: Ingestion of foreign bodies and their impaction at the lumen of the appendix is a very rare finding and only few cases have been reported all over the world. A variety of metallic foreign bodies when ingested may be lodged in the lumen of the appendix such as screws, bird shots, and ne...

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Autores principales: Mohammed, Ayad Ahmad, Ghazi, Dezhwar Yahya, Arif, Sardar Hassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30981982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.03.052