title: Hepatic abscess secondary to a fishbone penetrating the gastric wall: CT demonstration.
abstract: Preoperative diagnosis of hepatic abscess due to foreign bodies penetrating the gastrointestinal tract is uncommon with conventional imaging methods. This report describes and illustrates a case of hepatic abscess secondary to a fishbone penetrating the gastric antrum wall which was diagnosed preoperatively by CT and confirmed at surgery. The value of CT in the preoperative diagnosis of cases of this kind is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masunaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013270:Stomach; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed