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case_images: Abdominal computed tomography showing a 2 cm-bone-dense foreign body located in the last ileal loop, embedded in the wall.
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case_images: An abdominal CT scan was performed, revealing the presence of a bone-dense FB located in the last ileal loop, embedded in the wall approximately 7 cm from the ileocecal valve (Figure 1).
case_images: (a) Per-operative findings showing a phlegmonous and perforated appendix. (b) A thin and a sharp chicken bone extracted through the perforation.
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case_images: Per-operatively, we identified a clear effusion, and within the wall of the appendix, we discovered a thin, sharp chicken bone that had become lodged, resulting in a phlegmonous and perforated appendix (Figure 2).
case_images: Image of the chicken bone postoperation.
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case_images: The 2-cm bone was successfully removed (Figure 3), and an appendectomy was performed.
case_images: Pathological slides of the phlegmonous appendix showing inflammatory infiltration involving all layers of the appendicular wall.
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case_images: Pathological analysis of the resected appendix revealed inflammatory lesions (Figure 4).