Sewing needle appendicitis in a child.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-65771
ABSTRACT
A six-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain and vomiting five days after accidental ingestion of a sewing needle. The presence of the needle in the right iliac fossa on plain roentgenogram along with signs of appendicular inflammation on clinical and laboratory evaluation provided a clue to the diagnosis. Surgical exploration revealed inflamed appendix with the ingested needle in its lumen. The child recovered after appendectomy, and is well six months later.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Appendicitis
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Foreign Bodies
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Ilium
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Needles
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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