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

Frédéric Clarençon (1) , Olivier Scatton , Eric Bruguière (2) , Stéphane Silvera , Guillaume Afanou , Olivier Soubrane , Olivier Vignaux , Paul Legmann

1 ERMA - Equipe de Recherche Médicale Appliquée
2 Imagerie cardiovasculaire

Pyogenic liver abscess is an unusual cause of fever and abdominal pain, but it is potentially fatal. It is rarely caused by a local event, but rather by hematogenous dissemination or biliary tract disease. We report an uncommon case of liver abscess caused by the migration of a fish bone through the gastrointestinal wall.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Médecine humaine et pathologie

Frédéric Clarençon, Olivier Scatton, Eric Bruguière, Stéphane Silvera, Guillaume Afanou, et al.. Recurrent liver abscess secondary to ingested fish bone migration: report of a case.. Surgery Today, 2008, 38 (6), pp.572-5. ⟨10.1007/s00595-007-3670-x⟩. ⟨hal-00738338⟩