Computer tomography imaging of an unusual cause of appendicitis: a case report

Foreign body occlusion of appendices lumen is a quite rare cause of appendicitis due to foreign body. We present a case of a 63-year-old male who presented with right lower quadrant pain since 24 hours. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated an acute appendicitis due to a metallic foreign body which...

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Published inQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 467 - 468
Main Authors Ngatchou, William, Mols, Pierre, Ramadan, Ahmed S E, Ngassa, Michèle, Towo, Pierre Youatou
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China AME Publishing Company 01.06.2015
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Case Report
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appendicitis
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Summary:Foreign body occlusion of appendices lumen is a quite rare cause of appendicitis due to foreign body. We present a case of a 63-year-old male who presented with right lower quadrant pain since 24 hours. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated an acute appendicitis due to a metallic foreign body which was found to be a bullet.
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ISSN:2223-4292
2223-4306
DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2014.08.07