Development of an abdominal wall abscess caused by fish bone ingestion: a case report

Development of an abdominal wall abscess caused by fish bone ingestion: a case report

Abstract Background A small percentage of patients with foreign body ingestion develop complications, which have a variety of clinical presentations. Less than 1% of cases require surgical intervention. We present a patient with an abdominal wall abscess resulting from a fish bone that pierced the c...

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Main Authors: Kiyomitsu Kuwahara, Yasuji Mokuno, Hideo Matsubara, Hirokazu Kaneko, Mikihiro Shamoto, Shinsuke Iyomasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Fish bone
Abdominal wall abscess
Foreign body ingestion
Laparoscopic surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2301-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2301-7

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