Fish Bone Penetration of the Duodenum: A Rare Cause of Liver Abscess

Fish Bone Penetration of the Duodenum: A Rare Cause of Liver Abscess

We present a case of an elderly patient who visited our emergency department owing to a pyogenic liver abscess. A linear calcified object extending from the stomach to the liver was found on images from a computed tomography scan. The patient underwent laparotomy and a retained fish bone and a hepat...

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Main Authors: Ming-Hung Chen, Hung-Jung Lin, Ning Ping Foo, Kuo-Tai Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2013-03-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
Subjects:
computed tomography scan
foreign body
geriatric
liver abscess
surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959812000804

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