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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 15
| Issue : 2 | Page : 74-75 |
'PEN' appendicitis
Gabriel Ngom, Issa Amadou, Olivier Ngaringuem, Oumar Ndour
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital, Dakar, Senegal
Correspondence Address:
Issa Amadou
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital, BP: 6863DK-Etoile, Dakar
Senegal
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.70649
We report a three-year-old boy who ingested the tip of a pen and presented with signs of appendicitis. Plain abdominal radiographs showed the foreign body in the right iliac fossa. Surgical exploration revealed perforated appendix and the foreign body in its lumen. Appendectomy resulted in satisfactory recovery.
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