Ingested Fish Bone: An Unusual Mechanism of Duodenal Perforation and Pancreatic Trauma

Ingestion of gastrointestinal foreign bodies represents a challenging clinical scenario. Increased morbidity is the price for the delayed diagnosis of complications and timely treatment. We present a case of 57-year-old female patient which was admitted in the emergency room department complaining o...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Symeonidis, Georgios Koukoulis, Ioannis Baloyiannis, Apostolos Rizos, Ioannis Mamaloudis, Konstantinos Tepetes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/308510