[Diagnostic image (288). A woman with lower right abdominal pain].
A woman with lower right abdominal pain was diagnosed with a nail perforating the appendix. She must have swallowed this nail in infancy.
Bouwman
L H
LH
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd Heelkunde K6R, Leiden. l.h.bouwman@lumc.nl
van der Made
W J
WJ
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001065:Appendix / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome