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Saturday, 17 February 2024

CASE 750: PERFORATED APPENDICITIS due to FISH BONE, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr BÙI HỒNG LĨNH, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

A 58 year-old infected HBV man with RLQ pain for 5 days.

Ultrasound detected edema of the last part of jejunum maybe due to inflamation. It existed edema of pelvic peritoneum beside the appendix. 


MSCT  represented an inflamed appendix and foreign body  as fish bone # 30mm which perforated the appendiceal wall.


Endoscopic surgery confirmed a fish bone and removed the inflamed appendix.


Result of histopathological specimen was an acute necrotized appendicitis.




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