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A case report of foreign body appendicitis caused by tongue piercing ingestion

INTRODUCTION: Foreign body ingestion is an uncommon clinical problem in healthy adults. Furthermore, it is even less common for an ingested foreign body to cause any obstructive symptoms within the gastrointestinal tract. PRESENTATION OF CASE: Here, we describe an unusual case of acute appendicitis...

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Autores principales: Cheng He, Rossana, Nobel, Tamar, Greenstein, Alexander J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8050728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33887850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.105808