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

doi:10.13029/jkaps.2007.13.2.217

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Ingested Foreign Body Trapped in the Appendix: A Case Report

Young Jae Ahn, Yoon Joon Park, Myung Joon Kim¹, Seok Joo Han, Jung Tak Oh

Journal of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons 2007;13(2):217-221.
Published online: December 31, 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13029/jkaps.2007.13.2.217

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

jtoh@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

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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.
Keywords: Appendix; Foreign body; Ingestion

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Ingested Foreign Body Trapped in the Appendix: A Case Report

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

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Ingested Foreign Body Trapped in the Appendix: A Case Report

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.13029/jkaps.2007.13.2.217

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