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Bullet Appendicitis: An Unusual Cause to a Rather Straight-Forward Diagnosis

A 19-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department (ED) with pain in the right iliac fossa. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed signs of acute appendicitis, as a result of a metallic foreign body beyond the appendiceal orifice. Upon further questioning, the...

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Autores principales:	Khazindar, Abdullah R, Thabit, Rawan A, Badeeb, Arwa
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Cureus 2021
Materias:	Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8386321/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34462677 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16638

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