title: Hepatic foreign body in a child.
abstract: The majority of foreign bodies (FBs) swallowed by children are passed spontaneously without event. Perforation of the intestine with migration to the liver is rare. A child with a needle in the right lobe of the liver is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Crankson
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D008099:Liver; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed