ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2013
A bizarre foreign body in the appendix: A case report.
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- Pelvic osseous foreign body identified during laparoscopic appendectomy in a child with acute appendicitis: a case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Acute appendicitis induced by bone fragment ingestion: A pediatrics case report.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Foreign body complication.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2024Article
- A rare case of cecal foreign body leading to cecal perforation in 12-year-old child: a clinical case report and review of literature.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
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- Previous Foreign Body Ingestion in the Appendix Causing Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- A Bizarre Cause of Acute Appendicitis in a Pediatric Patient: An Ingested Tooth.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Quit screwing around: magnetic retrieval of an appendiceal foreign body.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2022Article
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- Foreign Body Ingestion Followed by Appendiceal Perforation.Case reports in surgery · 2021Article
- Unusual cause of appendicitis. A case report of acute appendicitis caused by needle ingestion.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
- [Rare cause of a frequent disease].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2019Article
- A nail in the appendix, accidental discovery on an asymptomatic patient.Journal of surgical case reports · 2019Article
- Ingested foreign body mimicking acute appendicitis.International journal of surgery case reports · 2018Article
- Appendiceal foreign body in an infant.Medicine · 2017Article
- Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Review of the Literature.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2016Review
- Foreign Bodies Ingestion in Children: Experience of 61 Cases in a Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit from Romania.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2016Article
- Acute appendicitis caused by foreign body ingestion.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2015Article
- Acute Appendicitis as Complication of Colon Transit Time Study; A Case Report.Middle East journal of digestive diseases · 2015Article
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Abstract
Foreign bodies are rare causes of appendicitis and, in most cases, ingested foreign bodies pass through the alimentary tract asymptomatically. However, ingested foreign bodies may sometimes remain silent within the appendix for many years without an inflammatory response. Despite the fact that cases of foreign-body-induced appendicitis have been documented, sharp and pointed objects are more likely to cause perforations and abscesses, and present more rapidly after ingestion. Various materials, such as needles and drill bits, as well as organic matter, such as seeds, have been implicated as causes of acute appendicitis. Clinical presentation can vary from hours to years. Blunt foreign bodies are more likely to remain dormant for longer periods and cause appendicitis through obstruction of the appendiceal lumen. We herein describe a patient presenting with a foreign body in his appendix which had been swallowed 15 years previously. The contrast between the large size of the foreign body, the long clinical history without symptoms and the total absence of any histological inflammation was notable. We suggest that an elective laparoscopic appendectomy should be offered to such patients as a possible management option.
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