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Case Reports
. 2017:161:D1699.

[Unexpected metal in the pelvis]

[Article in Dutch]
D C J Mohede  1 , N F Casteleijn, E C C Cauberg
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  • PMID: 29171367
Case Reports

[Unexpected metal in the pelvis]

[Article in Dutch]
D C J Mohede et al. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2017.

Abstract

A 69-year-old woman with right-sided flank pain, probably based on a ureteropelvic junction obstruction, underwent JJ-catheter placement under fluoroscopic guidance. X-ray showed an appendix filled with shot pellets. This phenomenon has been described earlier in Eskimo hunters, who were known to accidently swallow shot pellets lodged in hunted animals. Shot pellet accumulation can result in appendicitis perforata or lead poisoning.

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