Hepatic abscess resulted from a toothpick piercing the gastric wall into the liver

• 作者: Cui-Fei Luo Jia Xu Yuan-Qiang Lu
• 来源期刊: 国际肝胆胰疾病杂志(英文版)
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（5）
• 页码范围: 502-504
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

To the Editor : Foreign bodies' ingestion is a common phenomenon, and most of the ingested foreign bodies pass through the gut uneventfully. In clinical practice, less than 1％ of these patients develop complica- tions such as gut wall penetration or perforation [1–3] . We present a rare complication of hepatic abscess secondary to the toothpick piercing the gastric wall into the liver. The abscess was successfully treated by endoscopic retrieval of the foreign body and empirical antibiotic therapy, without drainage or laparotomy.