Cholecystitis caused by a fish bone.
The accidental ingestion of a foreign body is not uncommon. However, the presence of a foreign body in the gallbladder is extremely rare. Here, we present a case of cholecystitis due to a fish bone that may have penetrated through the stomach wall and into the gallbladder without causing peritonitis. A laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed; a fish bone, measuring 4.0 cm in length, was found in the gallbladder. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported.
Kunizaki
Masaki
M
Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan. makuni49@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Kusano
Hiroyuki
H
Azuma
Koji
K
Fukuoka
Hidetoshi
H
Araki
Masato
M
Hidaka
Shigekazu
S
Nanashima
Atsushi
A
Sawai
Terumitu
T
Yasutake
Toru
T
Nagayasu
Takeshi
T
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005399:Fishes; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017747:Seafood