A Piercing Diagnosis – Occult Foreign Body as the Cause of Acute Inguinal Pain

Case Presentation: A 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with severe right inguinal pain. Her medical history was non-contributory and there was no known trauma or injury to the region. Amid concern for an incarcerated inguinal hernia, a computed tomography was obtained revealing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Coral Bays-Muchmore, Deion T. Sims, Joel A. Gross, Jonathan S. Ilgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2021-02-01
Series:Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/863662fd