A sewing needle in liver: a case report and review of the literature.
BACKGROUND
Hepatic foreign bodies are quite rare. A sewing needle as a hepatic foreign body in an old woman is very rare and the managements have been varied.


METHODS
An old woman was incidentally found to have a sewing needle in her liver on abdominal X-ray. The sewing needle was kept stable in her liver after two years of follow-up. Eleven cases of sewing needle in the liver were reviewed.


CONCLUSIONS
Sewing needle as a foreign body in the liver is rare. In general, the sewing needle should be removed through laparotomy or laparoscopy, but a stable and uncomplicated sewing needle in the liver need not be removed.
Feng
Quan Zhou
QZ
Clinical Division of Nanlou, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Fuxing Road 28, Beijing, 100853, China. fqz301@yahoo.com
Wang
Jie
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