title: Cholecystitis caused by a fish bone.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan. makuni49@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunizaki
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Shigekazu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanashima
authors.forename: Terumitu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawai
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasutake
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagayasu
mesh_terms: 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