An unusual foreign body in an inguinal hernia sac: Case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Go Miyano (Author), Toshiaki Takahashi (Author), Tsubasa Takahashi (Author), Geoffrey J Lane (Author), Yoshifumi Kato (Author), Tadaharu Okazaki (Author), Atsuyuki Yamataka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 13-month-old boy accidentally ingested a 5 cm dressmaker's pin. On presentation, the pin was in the duodenum and there was a right inguinal hernia. After 17 days, the pin failed to progress. At surgery, the sac contained appendix perforated by the pin. This is the first case in the literature...