title: 'Pilonidal appendicitis' or 'the hair of the dog': an unusual case of foreign body perforation of the appendix.
abstract: Perforation is common in the young preschool child who has appendicitis, and can occur as the result of an ingested foreign body. A variety of objects have been incriminated. The present report describes a case in which the appendiceal wall was pierced by a stiff canine hair.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jevon
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004285:Dogs; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male