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case_images: Preoperative abdominal X-ray shows foreign body ingestion though there was no suggestive history.
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case_images: An abdominal X-ray showed a pin-like foreign body in the abdomen (Figure 1).
case_images: Metallic foreign body that obstructs the appendiceal lumen.
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case_images: Surprisingly, a 5 cm pin-like metallic foreign body was found to obstruct the appendicular lumen (Figure 2).
case_images: Postoperative abdominal X-ray shows resolution of the foreign body previously found preoperatively.
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case_images: fig3
case_images: On postoperative day (POD) 3, the patient was discharged home though he came back due to irritability (Figure 3).