Unusual liver abscess secondary to ingested foreign body: laparoscopic management

An Unusual Zoonosis: Liver Abscess Secondary to Asymptomatic Colonic Foreign Body

A liver abscess may arise following any insult to gut integrity allowing portal drainage of bacteria to hepatocytes. Foreign bodies such as bones, toothpicks and items of stationery have previously been implicated in compromising gut epithelium. Here we present the case of a 57 year old man suffering from a left liver abscess. This was defined on CT which incidentally also identified a chicken ...

Early Pregnancy Loss Following Laparoscopic Management of Ovarian Abscess Secondary to Oocyte Retrieval

Management of an Unusual Tracheoesophageal Party Wall Foreign Body

Introduction: Penetration injury to the neck constitutes 5–10% of all trauma cases. Penetration of a foreign body into the trachea with subsequent impaction into the tracheoesophageal party wall is extremely rare. We present a patient with an unusual penetrating injury of the neck caused by a metallic foreign body embedded into the tracheoesophageal party wall, and its management.   Case Repor...

Successful management of an iatrogenically-ingested sharp foreign body.

Dear Editor, A 37-year-old man with no significant medical history underwent dental treatment. An injection dental needle used in the course of root canal treatment came loose, fell into the oral cavity and became directly irretrievable. The patient was immediately sent to our hospital. Referral to otolaryngology led to computed tomographic (CT) scans and X-rays of the neck and thorax, as well ...

Ingested Foreign Body Migration to the Liver: An Unusual Cause of Persistent Abdominal Pain in a 54-Year-Old Female

Abdominal pain is a common presentation in emergency medicine. We describe the case of a 54-year-old female who presented to the emergency department due to worsening abdominal pain. She had a history of right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain that had been ongoing for several months. The pain had been thought by the primary care team to be related to gastritis and she had been prescribed a p...