Acute contact appendicitis due to a migrated pericardial drain: a case report.
Title | Acute contact appendicitis due to a migrated pericardial drain: a case report. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Paramythiotis, D., Papavramidis T. S., Papadopoulos V. N., Michalopoulos A., Vasilaki O., & Harlaftis N. |
Journal | Cases J |
Volume | 2 |
Pagination | 6250 |
Date Published | 2009 Jul 30 |
ISSN | 1757-1626 |
Abstract | INTRODUCTION: The literature is replete with articles of foreign-body appendicitis and periappendicitis, but to our knowledge there are only two reports of extraintestinal foreign bodies causing contact appendicitis. |
DOI | 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6250 |
Alternate Journal | Cases J |
PubMed ID | 19829774 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC2740180 |