Fishing out a foreign body for a penetrating renal injury by a dead catfish in a pediatric patient

Different species of marine and freshwater fish can cause significant morbidity for humans. These include systemic complications associated with their biological toxins or mechanical injury inflicted via fins. Penetrating truncal injuries under these circumstances are rare and may present a diagnost...

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Main Authors: Adil Ayub, John Robert Zatarain, Kanika Bowen-Jallow, Sifrance Tran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576619301496