Open Access′PEN′ appendicitis
Author(s) -
Gabriel Ngom,
Issa Amadou,
Olivier Ngaringuem,
Oumar Ndour
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.70649
Subject(s) - medicine , iliac fossa , foreign body , appendicitis , appendix , lumen (anatomy) , surgery , foreign bodies , general surgery , radiology , paleontology , biology
We report a three-year-old boy who ingested the tip of a pen and presented with signs of appendicitis. Plain abdominal radiographs showed the foreign body in the right iliac fossa. Surgical exploration revealed perforated appendix and the foreign body in its lumen. Appendectomy resulted in satisfactory recovery.