Journal of Medical Cases, ISSN 1923-4155 print, 1923-4163 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 2, Number 6, December 2011, pages 296-299

Fish Bone Perforation Mimicking Acute Appendicitis

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. This is an axial section from the CT scan demonstrating the large amount of inflammatory change within the right iliac fossa.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. This is an axial section from the CT scan demonstrating a complex abscess with a loop of small bowel entering it.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. This is a photo of the fish bone discovered intra-operatively, the scale is in centimetres.
Figure 4.
Figure 4. This is a coronal reconstruction from the CT scan that in retrospect demonstrates the fish bone within a loop of small bowel-distal ileum. It is highlighted by the white arrow.