Ingested Foreign Body Migration to the Liver: An Unusual Cause of Persistent Abdominal Pain in a 54-Year-Old Female
Joint Authors
Lucerna, Alan
Espinosa, James
Hertz, Risha
Schuitema, Kelly
Source
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-01-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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 proton pump inhibitor (PPI).
Her abdominal pain increased in the three days prior to her presentation to the emergency department (ED).
The computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen showed a foreign body (FB) in the liver which was successfully removed surgically.
Pathology results showed that the FB was consistent with a small bone fragment.
Ingestions of FB are common but seldom result in complications.
When complications do arise, perforation of a hollow viscous is typically seen.
Rarely, transmigration of the FB can occur.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lucerna, Alan& Espinosa, James& Schuitema, Kelly& Hertz, Risha. 2018. Ingested Foreign Body Migration to the Liver: An Unusual Cause of Persistent Abdominal Pain in a 54-Year-Old Female. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143261
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lucerna, Alan…[et al.]. Ingested Foreign Body Migration to the Liver: An Unusual Cause of Persistent Abdominal Pain in a 54-Year-Old Female. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143261
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lucerna, Alan& Espinosa, James& Schuitema, Kelly& Hertz, Risha. Ingested Foreign Body Migration to the Liver: An Unusual Cause of Persistent Abdominal Pain in a 54-Year-Old Female. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143261
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1143261