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

Surg Today. 2008;38(6):572-5. doi: 10.1007/s00595-007-3670-x. Epub 2008 May 31.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone and Bones
  • Fishes
  • Foreign-Body Migration / complications*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Abscess / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography