A rare cause of acute abdomen after a Good Friday.

World J Clin Cases

Clinical Gastroenterology, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul 95070-560, RS, Brazil.

Published: September 2022

Small bowel perforation caused by an ingested fish bone is rare but can involve the appendix or Meckel's diverticulum. We report the case of a 25-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with acute abdomen caused by perforation of a Meckel's diverticulum with a fish bone ingested in a Good Friday.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9477653PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i26.9539DOI Listing

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