Enterohepatic Migration of Fish Bone Resulting in Liver Abscess
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Chikwendu Ede; Sanju Sobnach; Delawir Kahn; Ahmed Bhyat
- Source
- Case Reports in Surgery, Vol 2015 (2015)
- Subject
- Surgery
RD1-811
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2090-6900
2090-6919
Liver abscess formation due to enterohepatic migration of a foreign body is extremely rare. Foreign body ingestion is generally an unconscious and painless event, thus complicating preoperative diagnosis in most patients. We report the case of a 61-year-old man who presented with secondary peritonitis from a ruptured hepatic abscess after an ingested fish bone migrated into the liver.