Hepatic abscess secondary to an unusual foreign body
Keywords:
foreign body, perforation, liver abscess.Abstract
Introduction: Liver abscess is a frequent cause of intra-abdominal infection, characterized by an encapsulated suppurative collection within the liver parenchyma, generally caused by pyogenic or amoebic agents. Those caused by foreign bodies are rare.
Objective: To describe the clinical-surgical findings of a patient with liver abscess secondary to an unusual foreign body.
Case: A 38-year-old male patient, inmate, who attended the general surgery clinic of the guardhouse, presenting with abdominal pain and fever. He refers that approximately 6 months ago he had ingested 3 foreign bodies.
Conclusions: The ingestion of punctiform foreign bodies can trigger liver abscess, manifested with clinical characteristics typical of this disease, hence the importance of investigating the history to define the behavior, since in this case it differs from the rest; It's always surgical.
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6. Horii K, Yamazaki O, Matsuyama M, Higaki I, Kawai S, Sakaue Y. Successful treatment of a hepatic abscess that formed secondary to fish bone penetration by percutaneous transhepatic removal of the foreign body: report of a case. Surg Today. 1999; 29:922-926. DOI: 10.1007/BF02482788
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11. Beckers G, Magema JP, Poncelet V, Nita T. Successful laparoscopic management of a hepatic abscess caused by a fish bone. Acta Chir Belg. 2021; 121(2):135-8. DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2019.1658353
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2023-03-01
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Díaz Pi O, Medina Lago AD, Bezerra Ferreira da Silva I. Hepatic abscess secondary to an unusual foreign body. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 1 [cited 2025 Apr. 18];52(2):e02302237. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/2237
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