Foreign body causing perforation of the appendix in an African boy
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Peter Hulme
- Source
- The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 5, Iss 5 (2010)
- Subject
- Appendicitis
foreign body
Africa
paediatrics
perforation
Medicine
- Language
- English
French
- ISSN
- 1937-8688
Foreign bodies in the appendix are a rare but well described clinical entity and may cause perforation. Presented here is the case of a 13yr old Ugandan boy who had features of acute appendicitis, was sent for appendicectomy and during the operation was found to have perforation of the appendix due to a seed. The boy was treated with broad spectrum antibiotics and made an uneventful recovery