TITLE:
Unusual Cause of Acute Appendicitis: Bone Fragment
AUTHORS:
Leh Bi Kalou Ismaèl, Anzoua Kouakou Ibrahim, N’Dri Ahou Bernadette, Ekra Amos Serge, Kouakou Blaise Amos, Dager Nahed, Bittar Issam, Emmanuel Gruss
KEYWORDS:
Acute Appendicitis, Bone Fragment, Emergency
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.14 No.3,
March
27,
2023
ABSTRACT: Foreign bodies are a rare cause of appendicitis, because in most cases
these ingested foreign bodies cross the digestive tract asymptomatically [1] [2] [3]. However, some penetrate the lumen of the appendix causing its
inflammation. We report an unusual observation of acute appendicitis induced by
a foreign body namely a bone fragment in the visceral surgery department of the
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint-Georges.