Unrecognized foreign body ingestion: An unusual cause for abdominal pain in a healthy adult

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 982-984

  Williams, Christina ^a   McHenry, Christopher R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INJURY; STOMACH;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; STOMACH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16544367408     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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