An Unusual Appendix
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An unusual foreign body within the appendix.
Ingestion of foreign bodies consist a quite common problem in the pediatric age group. Usually most of them traverse the gastrointestinal tract without complications and only in rare cases they get trapped within the appendix. This case report describes the ingestion of the tip of a mercury thermometer by a six-year-old girl. An elective appendicectomy was performed in order to avoid further co...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1948
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4548.474-c