Enterohepatic Migration of Fish Bone Resulting in Liver Abscess

Liver abscess formation due to enterohepatic migration of a foreign body is extremely rare. Foreign body ingestion is generally an unconscious and painless event, thus complicating preoperative diagnosis in most patients. We report the case of a 61-year-old man who presented with secondary peritonit...

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Published in:Case reports in surgery 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.1-2
Main Authors: Bhyat, Ahmed, Kahn, D., Sobnach, Sanju, Ede, Chikwendu
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Language:English
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Summary:Liver abscess formation due to enterohepatic migration of a foreign body is extremely rare. Foreign body ingestion is generally an unconscious and painless event, thus complicating preoperative diagnosis in most patients. We report the case of a 61-year-old man who presented with secondary peritonitis from a ruptured hepatic abscess after an ingested fish bone migrated into the liver.
ISSN:2090-6900
2090-6919
DOI:10.1155/2015/238342