| Literature DB >> 26029649 |
William Ngatchou1, Pierre Mols1, Ahmed S E Ramadan1, Michèle Ngassa1, Pierre Youatou Towo1.
Abstract
Foreign body occlusion of appendices lumen is a quite rare cause of appendicitis due to foreign body. We present a case of a 63-year-old male who presented with right lower quadrant pain since 24 hours. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated an acute appendicitis due to a metallic foreign body which was found to be a bullet.Entities:
Keywords: Gamble; appendicitis; bullet
Year: 2015 PMID： 26029649 PMCID： PMC4426103 DOI： 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2014.08.07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Quant Imaging Med Surg ISSN： 2223-4306