title: An unusual foreign body in an inguinal hernia sac: case report and literature review.
abstract: A 13-month-old boy accidentally ingested a 5 cm dressmaker's pin. On presentation, the pin was in the duodenum and there was a right inguinal hernia. After 17 days, the pin failed to progress. At surgery, the sac contained appendix perforated by the pin. This is the first case in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. go1993@hotmail.co.jp
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miyano
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Tsubasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Geoffrey J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Tadaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Atsuyuki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamataka
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix; D004386:Duodenum; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male