Successfully Treated Intra-Abdominal Abscess Caused by Fish Bone With Perforation of Ascending Colon: A Case Report

  • Takamitsu Sasaki
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Kentaroh Yamamoto
    Department of Surgery, Yamamoto Memorial Hospital, Imari, Japan
  • Fumio Yamamoto
    Department of Surgery, Yamamoto Memorial Hospital, Imari, Japan
  • Hirotsune Igimi
    Department of Surgery, Yamamoto Memorial Hospital, Imari, Japan
  • Mami Yamamoto
    Department of Surgery, Yamamoto Memorial Hospital, Imari, Japan
  • Yuichi Yamashita
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Daisuke Fukumori
    Department of Hepato-Biliary Pancreatic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Hiroshi Yamamoto
    Department of Surgery, Yamamoto Memorial Hospital, Imari, Japan

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Published
2015-03
DOI
  • 10.9738/intsurg-d-14-00163.1
Publisher
International College of Surgeons

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<jats:p>Ingestion of a foreign body is not uncommon, but rarely results in perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. The most common sites of perforation are reportedly the narrowest parts of the bowel, and perforation of the right side of the colon is rare. We report herein the case of a 69-year-old man who presented with an 8-week history of right upper abdominal pain. Laboratory data revealed inflammation at the first hospital visit. Computed tomography revealed a hypodense lesion containing a hyperdense foreign body in the abdomen. Intra-abdominal abscess caused by foreign body perforation was diagnosed. After administering antibiotics for 2 weeks, surgery was performed. Symptoms had resulted from perforation of the ascending colon by a fish bone.</jats:p>

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  • International Surgery

    International Surgery 100 (3), 428-430, 2015-03

    International College of Surgeons

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