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Fatal sepsis from appendicitis caused by an impacted tooth

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdominal pain globally. The pathophysiology of acute appendicitis is due to occlusion of the appendiceal lumen commonly from a faecolith. Obstruction of the appendiceal lumen by ingested foreign bodies is possible albeit rare. Here, we pr...

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Autores principales: Field, Xavier, Burton, Thomas, Christey, Grant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9769946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36570548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac564