%0 Journal Article
%T Ingested metallic foreign body lodged in the appendix
%A Sarkar R
%A Bisht J
%A Sinha Roy S
%J Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
%D 2011
%I Medknow Publications
%X An 8-year-old child ingested a metallic screw 3 months prior to admission. At laparotomy, the foreign body was found to be lodged inside the vermiform appendix, and was removed by appendicectomy.
%K Appendicitis
%K foreign body
%K vermiform appendix
%U http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2011;volume=16;issue=1;spage=29;epage=30;aulast=Sarkar