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Unusual Cause of Acute Appendicitis: Bone Fragment
University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint-Georges, Paris, France
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint-Georges, Paris, France
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint-Georges, Paris, France
- 1 University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
- 2 University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
- 3 University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
- 4 University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
- 5 University Hospital of Bouaké, Bouake, Ivory Coast
- 6 Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint-Georges, Paris, France
- 7 Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint-Georges, Paris, France
- 8 Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint-Georges, Paris, France
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Abstract
Foreign bodies are a rare cause of appendicitis, because in most cases these ingested foreign bodies cross the digestive tract asymptomatically [1] [2] [3] . However, some penetrate the lumen of the appendix causing its inflammation. We report an unusual observation of acute appendicitis induced by a foreign body namely a bone fragment in the visceral surgery department of the Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint-Georges.
KeywordsAcute AppendicitisBone FragmentEmergency
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