Preoperative Diagnostic Imaging for Fish Bone Penetration : A Case Report
The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 44 Issue 1-2
Page 37-41
published_at 1997-06
Title
Preoperative Diagnostic Imaging for Fish Bone Penetration : A Case Report
Creators
Nakamura Masayuki
Creators
Mizuta Eishi
Creators
Morioka Hideshi
Creators
Suzuki Takashi
Source Identifiers
Creator Keywords
Fish bone penetration
Plain abdominal radiograph
Abdominal computed radiography
Preoperative diagnostic imaging
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.
Languages
eng
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Publishers
Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Date Issued
1997-06
File Version
Version of Record
Access Rights
open access
Relations
[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272
Schools
医学部