• Chirurg · Nov 2000

    Case Reports

    [Perforation of the cecum by a toothpick--a rare differential acute appendicitis diagnosis. Case report and review of the literature].

    • U Neumann, J Fielitz, and H G Ehlert.
    • Vogtlandklinikum Plauen GmbH, Plauen.
    • Chirurg. 2000 Nov 1;71(11):1405-8.

    AbstractWe report the case of a 46-year-old man who was admitted to the medical department of the hospital Reichenbach with a 2-day history of central and upper abdominal pain. The pain was displaced in the right lower abdominal quadrant, which is why the patient was transferred to our department. At laparoscopy a toothpick was found perforating the cecum. Laparoscopic management, therapeutic possibilities and problems of diagnosis are discussed. The patient does not recall having ingested a toothpick. The laparoscopic treatment of perforation of the cecum by a toothpick might be among the rarest operations ever conducted. In the literature no such publication could be found up to now.

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