title: Lead shot appendicitis in northern native people.
abstract: Acute perforated appendicitis due to large numbers of inspissated lead shot occurred in two inuit who hunted and ate game regularly. Both lived in remote villages distant from a hospital.
mesh_terms: D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002170:Canada / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004930:Inuit; D007854:Lead; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D007854:Lead