Recurrent liver abscess secondary to ingested fish bone migration: Report of a case

Pyogenic liver abscess is an unusual cause of fever and abdominal pain, but it is potentially fatal. It is rarely caused by a local event, but rather by hematogenous dissemination or biliary tract disease. We report an uncommon case of liver abscess caused by the migration of a fish bone through the...

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Published in:	Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 572 - 575
Main Authors:	Clarençon, Frédéric, Scatton, Olivier, Bruguière, Eric, Silvera, Stéphane, Afanou, Guillaume, Soubrane, Olivier, Vignaux, Olivier, Legmann, Paul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Japan Springer Japan 01-06-2008 Springer Verlag (Germany)
Subjects:	Animals Bone and Bones Case Report Fishes Foreign-Body Migration Foreign-Body Migration - complications Foreign-Body Migration - diagnostic imaging Human health and pathology Humans Life Sciences Liver Abscess Liver Abscess - diagnostic imaging Liver Abscess - etiology Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Recurrence Surgery Surgical Oncology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Ultrasonography Foreign body Liver abscess Fish bone Duodenal wall perforation Computed tomography
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Summary:	Pyogenic liver abscess is an unusual cause of fever and abdominal pain, but it is potentially fatal. It is rarely caused by a local event, but rather by hematogenous dissemination or biliary tract disease. We report an uncommon case of liver abscess caused by the migration of a fish bone through the gastrointestinal wall.
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ISSN:	0941-1291 1436-2813
DOI:	10.1007/s00595-007-3670-x