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COVID-19 and psychiatric illness: rectal foreign bodies (30 stylus batteries) in a young male patient affected by Asperger syndrome

Here we present the case of a 17-year-old male patient, affected by Asperger syndrome, who reached the emergency division of our hospital after anal insertion of some stylus batteries. Transanal extraction of 30 stylus batteries avoided surgical intervention. Lockdown and boredom due to the strict d...

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Autores principales: Lovisetto, Federico, Guala, Andrea, Facciotto, Giuseppe, Zonta, Sandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7568960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33101637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa345