ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023
A Bizarre Cause of Acute Appendicitis in a Pediatric Patient: An Ingested Tooth.
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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
- Inflammatory Metabolic Index and Metabolic-Inflammatory Stress Index as New Biomarkers for Complicated and Perforated Acute Appendicitis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical significance of appendicoliths in elderly patients over eighty years old undergoing emergency appendectomy: A single-center retrospective study.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2024Article
- Acute appendicitis induced by bone fragment ingestion: A pediatrics case report.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Acute Appendicitis Secondary to the Ingestion of a ToothpickBalkan medical journal · 2024Article
- Hidden Appendicoliths and Their Impact on the Severity and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Management and Incidence ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Foreign Body Appendicitis Coexisting With Ascariasis in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report.Cureus · 2024Article
- Unexpected Culprit: Unveiling a Unique Case of Appendicitis Triggered by a Foreign Object.Cureus · 2024Article
- Compilation of Evidence Supporting the Role of a T Helper 2 Reaction in the Pathogenesis of Acute Appendicitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Incidence and Management of Appendiceal Neuroendocrine Tumors in Pediatric Population: A Bicentric Experience with 6285 Appendectomies.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Flow cytometric characterization of cecal appendix lymphocyte subpopulations in children: a pilot study.Pediatric surgery international · 2023Article
- A "fruitful" cause of acute appendicitis.La Tunisie medicale · 2023Article
- Trends and Predictors of Pediatric Negative Appendectomy Rates: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Daytime Versus Nighttime Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Leucine-Rich α-2-Glycoprotein 1 as a Non-Invasive Salivary Biomarker in Pediatric Appendicitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Diagnostic Utility of Serum Leucine-Rich α-2-Glycoprotein 1 for Acute Appendicitis in Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
(1) Background: Among all possible causes, foreign bodies are the rarest cause of appendicitis in the pediatric population. In the majority of cases, ingested foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract without causing symptoms. However, those foreign bodies that pass through the lumen of the vermiform appendix cannot re-enter the colon and may cause acute appendicitis. So far, various foreign bodies have been described to enter the appendix and cause acute appendicitis, such as seeds, needles, toothpicks, plant material, or even hair. Tooth or dental implants as a cause of acute appendicitis have been described in only a few cases. To our knowledge, this is the first described case of the tooth causing acute appendicitis in the pediatric population. (2) Case presentation: A 14-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department complaining of pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen and vomiting that persisted for approximately 24 h. Until then, the patient was healthy and had no concomitant diseases. Physical examination revealed guarding and tenderness in the right lower abdominal quadrant. The white blood cell count was 17.1 × 10
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