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CT scan showing the foreign body inside the ileal lumen.
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An abdominal CT scan was performed, not confirming the clinical suspicion of acute appendicitis and revealing a linear, 25 mm, hyperdense foreign body inside the ileal lumen, without free abdominal air or fluid (Fig. 1).
Perforation of the tip of a Meckel's diverticulum by an intact fish bone.
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The post-operative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on the 4th post-operative day (Fig. 2, Fig. 3).
Surgical specimen.
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A thin, long tract from the mucosa to the serosa with associated inflammation was also identified (Fig. 4).