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The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 44 Issue 1-2
published_at 1997-06
Preoperative Diagnostic Imaging for Fish Bone Penetration : A Case Report
Preoperative Diagnostic Imaging for Fish Bone Penetration : A Case Report
Nakamura Masayuki
Mizuta Eishi
Morioka Hideshi
Suzuki Takashi
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A 61-year-old man presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. A foreign body 19mm in length was seen on plain abdominal radiograph and abdominal somputed tomography. Although he denied any fish bone ingestion, the preoperative suspision of fish bone penetration of the intestinal tract was high. At laparotomy, a fish bone which had penetrated out of the cecum was seen. Ileo-cecal resection and peritoneal drainage were perfoemed. The patient was well after srgery.
Creator Keywords
Fish bone penetration
Plain abdominal radiograph
Abdominal computed radiography
Preoperative diagnostic imaging
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