Recurrent liver abscess secondary to ingested fish bone migration: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 572-575

  Clarençon, Frédéric ^a,c   Scatton, Olivier ^b   Bruguière, Eric ^a   Silvera, Stéphane ^a   Afanou, Guillaume ^a   Soubrane, Olivier ^b   Vignaux, Olivier ^a   Legmann, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b APHP ^*  (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Duodenal wall perforation; Fish bone; Foreign body; Liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FISH BONE MIGRATION; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE WALL; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FISHES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449136538     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3670-x     Document Type: Article

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