Intra-abdominal insertion of sewing needles: a rare method of child abuse
The insertion of sewing needles into the abdominal cavity is an uncommon form of child abuse. We report a 2-and-a-half-year-old boy with 2 intra-abdominal sewing needles that were discovered during the evaluation of chronic abdominal pain and vomiting. This case report illustrates the wide range wit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Annals of Saudi Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2013.505 |