Hepatic abscess formation and unexpected death: a delayed complication of occult intraabdominal foreign body.
A case of unexpected death in a 65-year-old woman, caused by a migrating foreign body that resulted in multifocal hepatic abscesses, is reported. The foreign body was subsequently identified as a portion of chicken fibula. The prolonged time course of the illness, with relatively nonspecific symptoms and signs, resulted in establishment of the diagnosis only at autopsy.
Byard
R W
RW
Forensic Science Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
Gilbert
J D
JD
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002645:Chickens; D003645:Death, Sudden; D004386:Duodenum / Q000293:injuries*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012421:Rupture; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*