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Tuesday, 9 September 2025

CASE 853: FISHBONE INDUCED APPENDICITIS, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr NGUYEN NGOC XUAN GIANG, BINH AN HOSPITAL KIEN GIANG - MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 77 year-old man with epigastric pain for 5 days then going down to the RLQ. He got no fever.

Ultrasound detected an 29.7x6mm inflamed appendix with a foreign body inside it. 


WBC 8.1x10 ^ 9 /L but CRP 46.17mg/L.



MSCT confirmed the appendicitis in an elderly patient with a fishbone inside.







Surgery was done and it existed a fishbone inside.