Recurrent abdominal pain due to buckshots in the appendix.
Ingestion of foreign bodies is a common paediatric problem, with more than 100,000 cases occurring each year. The majority of these objects are radiopaque. This paper reports a case of elective appendectomy in a patient with unknown ingestion of buckshots affected by recurrent abdominal pain. Plain abdominal films and ultrasound scans showed that the foreign bodies were located in the right lower abdominal quadrant, more specifically in the appendix.


CONCLUSIONS
Foreign bodies in the appendiceal lumen may cause inflammation, perforation and peritonitis. Surgery seems to be the only effective therapeutic approach to foreign bodies in the appendix.
Zampieri
Nicola
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Department of Surgical Sciences, Pediatric Surgical Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. dr.zampieri@libero.it
Zuin
Veronica
V
Ottolenghi
Alberto
A
Camoglio
Francesco Saverio
FS
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix; D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence