Ingested Foreign Body Trapped in the Appendix: A Case Report.
- Author:
Young Jae AHN
1
;
Yoon Joon PARK
;
Myung Joon KIM
;
Seok Joo HAN
;
Jung Tak OH
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, and Department of Diagnostic Radiology1 Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jtoh@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Appendix;
Foreign body;
Ingestion
- MeSH:
Appendectomy;
Appendix*;
Child;
Eating;
Female;
Foreign Bodies*;
Humans;
Incidence
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons
2007;13(2):217-221
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
