When traditions become dangerous: Intestinal perforation from unusual foreign body—Case report and short literature review
Gastrointestinal perforation (GI) is a common cause of acute abdomen in the emergency department that needs a prompt surgery intervention. Nowadays, CT examinations represent the method of choice to image patients with acute abdominal pain in emergency. GI perforations by foreign bodies ingested is...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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Series: | European Journal of Radiology Open |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352047719300188 |