Enterohepatic Migration of Fish Bone Resulting in Liver Abscess
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ahmed Bhyat; Chikwendu Ede; Delawir Kahn; S. Sobnach
- Source
- Case Reports in Surgery, Vol 2015 (2015)
Case Reports in Surgery
- Subject
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Hepatic abscess
lcsh:Surgery
Case Report
lcsh:RD1-811
medicine.disease
Surgery
medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
Foreign body
business
Secondary Peritonitis
Foreign Body Ingestion
Liver abscess
Fish bone
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2090-6919
2090-6900
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.