Foreign Body in Appendix Presenting As Acute AppendicitisA Case Report

Acute complicated appendicitis caused by an ingested toothpick – A case report

“…In the past 5 years (2015 to time of publishing) there have been 13 cases of acute appendicitis secondary to foreign body ingestion reported in the literature [7] , [8] , [9] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] . These included 8 men, 2 women and 3 children whilst the average age was 33.6.…”