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Ingested Foreign Body Trapped in the Appendix: A Case Report
Young Jae Ahn, Yoon Joon Park, Myung Joon Kim, Seok Joo Han, Jung Tak Oh
J Korean Assoc Pediatr Surg 2007;13(2):217-221.   Published online December 31, 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13029/jkaps.2007.13.2.217

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.

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