Liver abscesses owing to unsuspected etiology

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.sidebar##

Published Jun 4, 2014
Download
pdf
Vol. 92 No. 3 (2014): Issue Mar 2014

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.main##

Mejri. Atef
Ben Maamer. Anis
Bouhaffa. Ahmed
Haouess. Noomen
Oueslati. Abdelaziz
Chrif. Abderraouf

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.details##

References

  1. Kanazawa S, Ishigaki K, Miyake T, Ishida A, Tabuchi A, Tanemoto K, Tsunoda T. A granulomatous liver abscess which developed after a toothpick penetrated the gastrointestinal tract: report of a case. Surg Today 2003; 33: 312-314
  2. Cheung YC, Ng SH, Tan CF, Ng KK, Wan YL. Hepatic inflammatory mass secondary to toothpick perforation of the stomach: triphasic CT appearances. Clin Imaging 2000; 24: 93-95 PubMed
  3. Broome CJ, Peck RJ. Hepatic abscess complicating foreign body perforation of the gastric antrum: an ultrasound diagnosis. Clin Radiol 2000; 55: 242-243
  4. 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
  5. Chintamani, Singhal V, Lubhana P, Durkhere R, Bhandari S. Liver abscess secondary to a broken needle migration--a case report. BMC Surg 2003; 3: 8 PubMed
  6. Starakis I, Karavias D, Marangos M, Psoni E, Bassaris H. A rooster's revenge: hepatic abscess caused by a chicken bone. Eur J Emerg Med 2005; 12: 41-42
  7. F. Clarenc¸on, O. Scatton, E. Brugui`ere et al., “Recurrent liver abscess secondary to ingested fish bone migration: report of a case,” Surgery Today, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 572-575, 2008.
  8. R. J. Mukkada, A. P. Chettupuzha, V. J. Francis et al., “Endoscopic removal of chicken bone that caused gastric perforation and liver abscess,” Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 246-247, 2007.
  9. Byard RW, Gilbert JD. Hepatic abscess formation and unexpected death: a delayed complication of occult intraabdominal foreign body. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2001; 22: 88-91
  10. Chiang TH, Liu KL, Lee YC, Chiu HM, Lin JT, Wang HP. Sonographic diagnosis of a toothpick traversing the duodenum and penetrating into the liver. J Clin Ultrasound 2006; 34: 237-240
  11. Theodoropoulou A, Roussomoustakaki M, Michalodimitrakis MN, Kanaki C, Kouroumalis EA. Fatal hepatic abscess caused by a fish bone. Lancet 2002; 359: 977