traumatic reticuloperitonitis
- traumatic reticuloperitonitis
- inflammation following perforation of the wall of the reticulum by an ingested foreign object such as metallic debris; it is often benign, but if the object pierces another organ, serious complications may arise. See also traumatic pericarditis (def. 2). Called also hardware disease.
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