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Balch, C.M., Silver, D. and Durham, N.C. (1971) Foreign Bodies in the Appendix. The Archives of Surgery, 102, 14-20.
https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1971.01350010016004

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• TITLE: Unusual Cause of Acute Appendicitis: Bone Fragment

  AUTHORS: Leh Bi Kalou Ismaèl, Anzoua Kouakou Ibrahim, N’Dri Ahou Bernadette, Ekra Amos Serge, Kouakou Blaise Amos, Dager Nahed, Bittar Issam, Emmanuel Gruss

  KEYWORDS: Acute Appendicitis, Bone Fragment, Emergency

  JOURNAL NAME: Surgical Science, Vol.14 No.3, March 27, 2023

  ABSTRACT: Foreign bodies are a rare cause of appendicitis, because in most cases these ingested foreign bodies cross the digestive tract asymptomatically [1] [2] [3]. However, some penetrate the lumen of the appendix causing its inflammation. We report an unusual observation of acute appendicitis induced by a foreign body namely a bone fragment in the visceral surgery department of the Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint-Georges.