ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2021
A case report of foreign body appendicitis caused by tongue piercing ingestion.
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- Foreign Body-induced Appendicitis in Situs Inversus Totalis: Diagnostic and Management Challenges in the Emergency Department: a Rare Case Report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Acute appendicitis induced by bone fragment ingestion: A pediatrics case report.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Foreign body ingestion: A case of wine-cork ingestion due to chronic alcoholism leading to ileus.Acta radiologica 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
- Chicken bones: An etiology of a misleading clinical presentation of a rare case report of appendicular perforation.SAGE open medical case reports · 2024Article
- Foreign Body Ingestion by a Psychiatric Patient Requiring an Appendectomy: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- Accidental Sewing Pin Ingestion by a Tailor: A Case Report and Literature Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
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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
- Foreign body ingestion: Is intervention always a necessity?Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionForeign body ingestion is an uncommon clinical problem in healthy adults. Furthermore, it is even less common for an ingested foreign body to cause any obstructive symptoms within the gastrointestinal tract. PRESENTATION OF CASE: Here, we describe an unusual case of acute appendicitis induced by a tongue piercing that was ingested by a 32-year-old woman with a recent history of endotracheal intubation. Abdominal X-ray revealed metallic foreign bodies in the right lower quadrant. The foreign bodies remained in place on serial X-rays despite bowel preparation and they were not visualized on colonoscopy. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis confirms the location of the foreign body within the appendix. Laparoscopic appendectomy was performed without complications and the tongue piercing was recovered within the lumen of the resected appendix. DISCUSSION: Foreign body ingestion is a rare cause of appendicitis. Most ingested foreign bodies spontaneously pass through the gastrointestinal tract within a week. However, in rare instances, the foreign body becomes lodged in the appendix, often resulting in appendicitis.
conclusionIn patients with appendicitis secondary to foreign body ingestion, we suggest surgical management to reduce the risk of peritonitis, perforation, and abscess formation.
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