Suppurative pylephlebitis caused by toothpick perforation

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 414-415

  Peters, Thomas G ^a,b   Locke, Joel R ^a,b   Weight, Glen R ^a,b  

^a Veterans Administration Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN INFECTION;

AGED; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMAN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0023942730     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-198803000-00034     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Budnick LD: Toothpick-related injuries in the United States, 1979 through 1982. JAMA 252:796-797, 1984
2. Bloch DB: Venturesome toothpick, a continuing source of pyogenic hepatic abscess. JAMA 252:797-798, 1984
3. Ascrkoff BR, Hedbcrg SE: Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. N Engl J Med 296:1051-1057, 1977