Accidentally ingested foreign body associated with liver actinomycosis: the diagnostic value of imaging

J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2013 Jun;22(2):209-12.

Abstract

Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies is a relatively common situation, in the large majority of cases being followed by an unobserved passing of the objects through the digestive tract and their elimination in about a week. We present a patient with liver actinomycosis developed in relation with a gastric (antral) perforation secondary to accidental foreign body ingestion. The complexity of the case raised many problems concerning the imaging diagnosis, especially due to the pseudotumoral aspect of the liver lesion, which extensively involved the retroperitoneal area, the stomach and the pancreas. However, the presence of an image suggesting a foreign body into the gastric wall, in correlation with clinical, biological, morphological and imaging studies solved the case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Actinomycosis / drug therapy
  • Actinomycosis / microbiology
  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Bone and Bones*
  • Contrast Media
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
  • Fishes*
  • Foreign Bodies / complications
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Diseases / drug therapy
  • Liver Diseases / microbiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Stomach / diagnostic imaging*
  • Stomach / injuries
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler*
  • Wounds, Penetrating / diagnostic imaging*
  • Wounds, Penetrating / etiology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Contrast Media