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[Toothpick perforation of the intestine causing abdominal wall abscess].
- Source :
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Ugeskrift for laeger [Ugeskr Laeger] 2009 May 04; Vol. 171 (19), pp. 1609-10. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- An 81-year-old woman was hospitalized after two weeks of abdominal pain and a mass in the lower right abdominal wall. Ultrasonography showed what was interpreted as a malignant tumour. However, a computer tomography displayed an abscess in the abdominal wall and inflammation in nearby small intestinal loops. Subsequently, a laparoscopy was performed and an 8-cm-long toothpick penetrating from the small intestine into the abdominal wall causing the abscess was found. The patient did not recall ingesting the toothpick.
- Subjects :
- Abdominal Abscess diagnosis
Abdominal Abscess surgery
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Foreign Bodies diagnosis
Foreign Bodies surgery
Humans
Intestinal Perforation diagnosis
Intestinal Perforation surgery
Abdominal Abscess etiology
Abdominal Wall
Foreign Bodies complications
Intestinal Perforation etiology
Intestine, Small
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Danish
- ISSN :
- 1603-6824
- Volume :
- 171
- Issue :
- 19
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Ugeskrift for laeger
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19419645