J Korean Assoc Pediatr Surg.
2007 Dec;13(2):217-221.
Ingested Foreign Body Trapped in the Appendix: A Case Report
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Pediatric Surgery, and Department of Diagnostic Radiology1 Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jtoh@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Abstract
- Foreign body ingestion is a frequent event in the pediatric age group, but the incidence of foreign bodies in the appendix is very low. The authors report a case of ingested foreign body trapped in the appendix in a 7-year-old girl. The foreign body was successfully treated by laparoscopic appendectomy under fluoroscopic guidance.
