Friday: Fish Day

A 78-year-old man presented with diffuse abdominal pain, localized peritonitis and raised inflammatory markers. CT revealed an mesentery abcess with a linear high density structure in continuity with the adjacent small bowel lumen. Laparoscopy showed a perforation by a fish bone. Gastrointestinal tr...

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Published in:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology 2016-02, Vol.100 (1), p.30-30
Main Authors: Hoste, Pieter, Mortele, Koenraad, Lemmerling, Marc, Dewilde, Dirk, De Backer, Adelard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abdominal abcess
Case Report
complications
foreign body
perforation
peritonitis
risk factors
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Summary:A 78-year-old man presented with diffuse abdominal pain, localized peritonitis and raised inflammatory markers. CT revealed an mesentery abcess with a linear high density structure in continuity with the adjacent small bowel lumen. Laparoscopy showed a perforation by a fish bone. Gastrointestinal tract perforation by foreign body ingestion is rare complication (1%). There are some risk factors and prefered locations of perforation. Time interval between ingestion and complication can vary extremely.
ISSN:2514-8281
2514-8281
DOI:10.5334/jbr-btr.1047