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Sewing-pin perforation of the appendix into the bladder

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We report a 2.5-year-old child who presented with an acute abdomen caused by the perforation of a sewing pin through her appendix that had started to penetrate the wall of the bladder.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Princess Margaret Hospital, G.P.O. Box D184, Perth, Western Australia, , , , , , AU

    S. Bingham & P. A. King

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Accepted: 1 December 1997

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Bingham, S., King, P. Sewing-pin perforation of the appendix into the bladder. Pediatr Surg Int 15, 66–67 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830050516

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