Multiple foreign body ingestion in pica patient
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منابع مشابه
Atypical Presentation of Multiple Foreign Body Ingestion
Foreign body ingestion is very common in childhood especially under 3 year of age. Pica syndrome is characterized by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive. We present a 3-year old girl who presented to ER with symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0971-9903
DOI: 10.4103/jmgims.jmgims_54_16