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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
A020044000106.pdf
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Title
Preoperative Diagnostic Imaging for Fish Bone Penetration : A Case Report
Creators Nakamura Masayuki
Creators Mizuta Eishi
Creators Morioka Hideshi
Creators Suzuki Takashi
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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.
Subjects
医学 ( Other)
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
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[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272
Schools 医学部