Hepatic abscess induced by foreign body: case report and literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, S
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Alberto, S, Cruz, E, Pires, E, Figueira, T, Coimbra, E, Estevez, J, Oliveira, M, Novais, L, Deus, JR
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/30
• topic: Abcesso hepático; Corpos estranhos

Hepatic abscess due to perforation of the gastrointestinal tract caused by ingested foreign bodies is uncommon. Pre-operative diagnosis is diffi cult as patients are often unaware of the foreign body ingestion and symptoms and imagiology are usually non-specific. The authors report a case of 62-year-old woman who was admitted with fever and abdominal pain. Further investigation revealed hepatic abscess, without resolution despite antibiotic therapy. A liver abscess resulting from perforation and intra-hepatic migration of a bone coming from the pilorum was diagnosed by surgery. The literature concerning foreign body-induced perforation of the gastrointestinal tract complicated by liver abscess is reviewed.