Hepatic Foreign Body – a Sewing Needle – in a Child
We report a case of a 1-year-old boy with a needle-like foreign body embedded in the liver. The foreign body was incidentally found in the right hypochondrium on routine chest X-ray during a periodic medical examination. He was asymptomatic and there was neither a history of swallowing a needle nor...
Main Authors: | Yuko Nishimoto, Sachiyo Suita, Tomoaki Taguchi, Shin-ichi Noguchi, Satoshi Ieiri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2003-10-01
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Series: | Asian Journal of Surgery |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409603110 |
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