[Toothpick perforation of the intestine causing abdominal wall abscess].
An 81-year-old woman was hospitalized after two weeks of abdominal pain and a mass in the lower right abdominal wall. Ultrasonography showed what was interpreted as a malignant tumour. However, a computer tomography displayed an abscess in the abdominal wall and inflammation in nearby small intestinal loops. Subsequently, a laparoscopy was performed and an 8-cm-long toothpick penetrating from the small intestine into the abdominal wall causing the abscess was found. The patient did not recall ingesting the toothpick.
Erichsen
Rune
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Regionshospital Randers, DK-8930 Randers NØ. re@dce.au.dk
Sommer
Thorbjørn
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D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D034861:Abdominal Wall; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small