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Handheld Metal Detector Screening for Metallic Foreign Body Ingestion in Children
Published on: September 11, 2018
Unusual presentation of a retained foreign body in a child
Sultan Almuallem1, Yasmin A M Yousef2, Abdulmalik Suhail3
1Department of Surgery KAMC-JD, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
A 4-year-old boy, not known to have any medical illness, presented to several medical facilities reporting right upper quadrant and right flank pain, intermittent fever and chills for 3 months. A CT of the abdomen showed that a swallowed 'bobby pin' had pierced through the right kidney. This finding explained the boy's symptoms. The pin was removed by laparotomy without any subsequent complication. The patient had an uneventful postoperative recovery.
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