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The location of MFBs on an abdominal X-ray native abdominal image. MFBs, magnetic foreign bodies.
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Following control X-ray examinations on days 1, 3, and 10, the foreign bodies were found to have remained in a stationary position in the right hypogastrium on day 10 ( Fig. 1 ).
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Abdominal X-rays contrasting oval MFBs in the right hypogastrium. MFBs, magnetic foreign bodies.
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Abdominal X-ray imaging showed two spherical foreign bodies in tight contact projected into the right hypogastrium ( Fig. 2 ).
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) Colonoscopy under skiascopic control with visible MFBs. MFBs, magnetic foreign bodies.
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The MFBs were displayed in the right hypogastrium, but out of range of the endoscope ( Fig. 3A, B ).
Perioperative finding: an incised appendix vermiformis containing two MFBs. MFBs, magnetic foreign bodies.
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Belgium) via the extractor in the umbilical port ( Fig. 4 ). Macroscopically, the appendixes appeared without inflammation and histological examination did not show pathological changes. Both postoperative courses were uneventful and the patients were discharged on the postoperative day 3.