The antemortem diagnosis of pyogenic liver abscess due to perforation of the gut by a foreign body.
Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract by ingested foreign bodies is rare; the diagnosis of pyogenic liver abscess resulting from such perforations is usually made at post-mortem. We present a case of perforation of the gut, due to an ingested dental plate, with a resultant pyogenic liver abscess, which presented as a pyrexia of unknown origin.
D000328:Adult; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male