Accidentally ingested wooden toothpick, perforation of a sigmoid diverticulum and mimicking acute colonic diverticulitis: A case report and literature review

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Ingested wooden toothpick (WT) represents a rare cause of acute abdomen. Preoperative diagnosis of ingested WT is a challenge because of its unspecific clinical presentation, the low sensitivity rate of radiological investigations and the patient's inability to ofte...

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Autores principales: Evola, Giuseppe, Impellizzeri, Giulia, Pulvirenti, Elia, D'Angelo, Maria, Reina, Martina, Reina, Giuseppe Angelo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9996222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36868107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.107945

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