Gastrointestinal case of the day. Pyogenic liver abscess caused by perforation by a swallowed wooden toothpick.
Drnovsek
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Department of Radiology, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA.
Fontanez-Garcia
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D
Wakabayashi
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MN
Plavsic
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BM
D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D004386:Duodenum / Q000293:injuries*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001443:Prevotella melaninogenica; D011424:Propionibacterium; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography