Lead shot appendicitis in northern native people.
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.
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
D007854:Lead