Hepatic abscess secondary to a rosemary twig migrating from the stomach into the liver

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 41, 2007, Pages 5530-5532

  Karamarkovic, Aleksandar R ^a   Djuranovic, Srdjan P ^a   Popovic, Nada P ^a   Bumbasirevic, Vesna D ^a   Sijacki, Ana D ^a   Blazic, Ivan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Gastrointestinal perforation; Hepatic abscess; Ingestion; Migration

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RIGOR; ROSEMARY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH PERFORATION; SUTURING METHOD; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

EID: 35348981226     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i41.5530     Document Type: Article

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