Open AccessFriday: Fish Day
Author(s) -
Pieter Hoste,
Koenraad J. Mortelé,
Marc Lemmerling,
Dirk Dewilde,
Adelard De Backer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jbr-btr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1780-2393
DOI - 10.5334/jbr-btr.1047
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biology
A 78-year-old man presented with diffuse abdominal pain, localized peritonitis and raised inflammatory markers. CT revealed an mesentery abcess with a linear high density structure in continuity with the adjacent small bowel lumen. Laparoscopy showed a perforation by a fish bone. Gastrointestinal tract perforation by foreign body ingestion is rare complication (1%). There are some risk factors and prefered locations of perforation. Time interval between ingestion and complication can vary extremely.