Liver hilar abscesses secondary to gastrointestinal perforation by ingested fish bones: surgical management of two
Fulvio Matrella1, Martin Lhuaire1, Tullio Piardi1
11 Department of General, Plastic and Ambulatory Surgery, Hôpital Cochin Port-Royal, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France ; 2 Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France ; 3 Department of Hepato-biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France ; 4 Department of Radiology, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France ; 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Robert Debré, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
Abstract:
Several hepatobiliary complications secondary to gastrointestinal perforation after ingestion of a fish bone have been described in the literature, the most common being liver abscess, which can be potentially fatal. Treatment involves removal of the foreign body if possible (endoscopically or surgically), drainage of the abscess (radiologically or surgically), and appropriate antibiotic therapy. To our knowledge, no cases of hepatic hilar abscesses secondary to gastrointestinal perforation by a fish bone have been described in the literature. We report surgical management of two cases of abscess localized in the hepatic hilum secondary to the ingestion of fish bones.
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