Intra-Abdominal Abscess of Unusual Origin

Christoph Eckharter; Jörn-Markus Gass; Valerie Kremo

doi:10.1024/1661-8157/a003968

Intra-Abdominal Abscess of Unusual Origin

Praxis (Bern 1994). 2023 Feb;112(2):117-119. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a003968.

Authors

Christoph Eckharter¹, Jörn-Markus Gass¹, Valerie Kremo¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.

PMID: 36722104
DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a003968

Abstract

This article describes the case of a woman who unknowingly swallowed several fishbones, one of which perforated the intestinal wall and subsequently formed an intra-abdominal abscess due to the foreign body reaction.

Keywords: Allgemeinchirurgie; Fischgräte; General surgery; fishbone; intra-abdominal abscess; intraabdominaler Abszess.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Abscess* / etiology
Bone and Bones
Deglutition
Female
Fishes
Foreign-Body Reaction*
Humans
Intestines / injuries