A CASE OF INTRAPERITONEAL ABSCESS CAUSED BY AN INGESTED FISH BONE THAT PENETRATED THE DUODENUM

Abstract

An 84-year-old woman was introduced to our hospital for anorexia and inflammatory reaction on laboratory data. Abdominal CT and ultrasonography revealed abscess, 4 cm in size, close to the inferior surface of a hepatic left lobe, and the slim calcification density penetrating the duodenal wall. Endoscopic examination showed a pinf all in the anterior wall of the duodenum, and opalescent pus from there was draining into the duodenal lumen. The penetra-tion of a fish bone to the abdominal cavity was thought.