A missing tongue stud: An unusual appendicular foreign body

International Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-89

  Hadi, H I A ^a   Quah, H M ^a   Maw, Andrew ^a  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Body piercing; Foreign bodies; Laparoscopic appendicectomy; Tongue stud

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; BODY PIERCING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; REVIEW; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; BODY PIERCING; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; TONGUE;

EID: 33748108549     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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