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Ahn, Park, Kim, Han, and Oh: Ingested Foreign Body Trapped in the Appendix: A Case Report
Case Report

Journal of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons 2007; 13(2): 217-221.

Published online: 31 December 2007

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

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

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

Copyright © Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons

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.

Keywords: Appendix, Foreign body, Ingestion

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