title: An unusual foreign body within the appendix.
abstract: Ingestion of foreign bodies consist a quite common problem in the pediatric age group. Usually most of them traverse the gastrointestinal tract without complications and only in rare cases they get trapped within the appendix. This case report describes the ingestion of the tip of a mercury thermometer by a six-year-old girl. An elective appendicectomy was performed in order to avoid further complications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of the tip of a thermometer within the appendix.
authors.affiliation: Sarawak Heart Center, Cardiology Department, Kota Samarahan, 94300 Sarawak, Malaysia. yewkuanleong@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lambropoulos
authors.affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki G.H Papageorgiou, 2nd Department of Pediatric Surgery, Greece. vasslamb@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fotoulaki
authors.affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki G.H Papageorgiou, 4th Department of Pediatrics, Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kepertis
authors.affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki G.H Papageorgiou, 2nd Department of Pediatric Surgery, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neofytou
authors.affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki G.H Papageorgiou, 2nd Department of Pediatric Surgery, Greece.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Spyridakis
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013821:Thermometers