Sewing needle appendicitis in a child.
A six-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain and vomiting five days after accidental ingestion of a sewing needle. The presence of the needle in the right iliac fossa on plain roentgenogram along with signs of appendicular inflammation on clinical and laboratory evaluation provided a clue to the diagnosis. Surgical exploration revealed inflamed appendix with the ingested needle in its lumen. The child recovered after appendectomy, and is well six months later.
Sinha
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Department of Neonatal and Pediatric Surgery, S M S Medical College, S P Mother and Child Health Institute, Jaipur, India. sinha_dd@yahoo.com
Sharma
Chetan
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Gupta
Vipul
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Chaturvedi
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D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles