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| Year : 2012 | Volume
: 17
| Issue : 3 | Page : 130-131 |
A rare mode of entry for needles observed in the abdomen of children: Penetration
Unal Bakal, Tugay Tartar, Ahmet Kazez
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Elazig, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Ahmet Kazez
Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Elazig
Turkey
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.98135 PMID: 22869982
Report of incidentally detected sewing needles on plain abdominal radiographs in two patients without any prior history of ingestion or of being pierced: one in the liver and the other in the peritoneum encased by omentum. These case reports point out a rare mode of entry of needles into the abdominal cavity by penetration from outside.
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