title: Liver abscess and pseudotumoral gastric lesion caused by chicken bone perforation: laparoscopic management.
abstract: The accidental ingestion of a foreign body into the gastrointestinal tract is not uncommon, but the vast majority of foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract uneventfully within a week. Less than 1% of patients with foreign body ingestion develop complications such as perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. The migration of an ingested foreign body may result in chronic inflammation, a silent clinical course, and radiological features suggestive of a neoplasm. The authors report a case of chicken bone perforation of the gastric wall that leads to hepatic abscess formation and thereafter to submucosal pseudotumor of the gastric wall treated with totally laparoscopic management. Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography for a correct diagnosis is also stressed.
authors.affiliation: Division of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, San Tommaso dei Battuti Hospital, Via Zappetti 58, 30026 Portogruaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Nello
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Campisi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capuano
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Vido
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lazzaro
authors.forename: Giuliana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simonatto
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Termini
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Turriziani
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fidanza