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Fever of unknown origin due to intrahepatic wooden toothpick
Giuseppe Currò1, Salvatore Lazzara1, Andrea Cogliandolo1
1Department of Human Pathology of Adult and Evolutive Age University Hospital of Messina Messina Italy.
Abstract:
Ingestion of foreign bodies is a common clinical problem, but intrahepatic migration is an exceptional occurrence. Clinical history is not helpful. Abdominal ultrasonography and CT are fundamental to exclude surgical causes of fever of unknown origin. Laparoscopic segmental liver resection is recommendable to avoid generalized peritonitis.
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