Appendicular bilharzioma: An unusual cause of acute intestinal obstruction in childhood (a case report at Charles de Gaulle Paediatric Teaching Hospital of Ouagadougou)

• Main Authors: Albert Wandaogo (Author), Isso Ouédraogo (Author), Toussaint Wendlamita Tapsoba (Author), Emile Bandré (Author), Francis Somkieta Ouédraogo (Author), Bernadette Béré (Author), Balima Elie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The authors report the case of a 12-year-old boy admitted to the surgical emergency department of Charles de Gaulle Paediatric Teaching Hospital of Ouagadougou for acute abdominal pain. A strangulation of the terminal ileum by a tumour-like appendix wound around the bowel loop was seen during operat...