Open AccessGastric Perforation due to Fish Bone Ingestion: a Case Report
Author(s) -
Wada Yoshiki,
Sasao Wataru,
Oku Tadashi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of general and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2189-7948
DOI - 10.14442/jgfm.17.4_315
Subject(s) - medicine , fish bone , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , epigastric pain , perforation , surgery , ingestion , foreign body , computed tomography , abdominal pain , fish <actinopterygii> , radiology , endoscopy , vomiting , materials science , fishery , metallurgy , punching , biology
A 74‐year‐old man was admitted to our hospital due to low‐grade fever and severe epigastric pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a linear structure surrounded by a small amount of air that had pierced the angular region of the gastric wall. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed that the structure was a fish bone. Gastric perforation due to fish bone ingestion is rare and almost all of the cases need surgical procedures. In this case, we endoscopically removed the foreign body with forceps and clipped the hole. Antimicrobial therapy was performed for one week, and the symptoms were completely improved.