Acta Med. 2019, 62: 85-93

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.130

Foreign Bodies in the Abdominal Area: Review of the Literature

Evangelos Nastoulisa, Maria-Valeria Karakasia,b, Maria Alexandria, Vasileios Thomaidisc, Aliki Fiskac, Pavlos Pavlidisa

aLaboratory of Forensic Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Medicine, GR 68100 Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece
bThird University Department of Psychiatry, AHEPA University General Hospital – Department of Mental Health, Aristotle University – Faculty of Medicine, GR 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
cDepartment of Anatomy, Democritus University of Thrace, School of Medicine, GR 68100 Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Received February 24, 2019
Accepted July 14, 2019

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