'Pilonidal appendicitis' or 'the hair of the dog': an unusual case of foreign body perforation of the appendix.
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.
Miller
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Division of General Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Fraser
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Jevon
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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