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Fishbone Perforated Appendicitis.
Ingested foreign bodies tend to pass through the gastrointestinal tract without incidence, and vast majority of cases do not need intervention. Rarely, these foreign bodies drop into the appendix and not likely to re-enter the normal digestive tract. We describe a case of a 72-year-old male patient who presented with right iliac fossa pain of 3-day duration. Clinical examination suggested class...
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Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute surgical abdomen in children and adults but very rare in infants and neonates. Nonspecific clinical features and low index of suspicion make its diagnosis and management challenging which may result in high chances of complications like perforation and peritonitis thus increasing the morbidity and mortality. Appendicular perforation leading to peri...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-209562