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01-02-2021 | Acute Abdomen | Pictorial Essay

Emergency CT of abdominal complications of ingested fish bones: what not to miss

Authors: Gabriella Souza e Silva, Natália Borges Nunes Gomes, Eduardo Oliveira Pacheco, Flávio Murilo Ribeiro Bezerra, Rafael Borges Nunes, Humberto Lobato Mcphee, Ulysses S. Torres, Giuseppe D’Ippolito

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Fish bones are the most commonly ingested structures and the most common cause of foreign body perforation of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Clinical presentation of foreign body GIT perforation is nonspecific, in many cases with clinical signs of acute abdomen, which can mimic appendicitis, diverticulitis, ulcer peptic disease, and other common inflammatory conditions. Besides, patients commonly do not refer that a fish bone was swallowed. Since this condition is usually not suspected by referring physicians of the emergency department (ED), radiologists play a key role in this diagnosis; the spectrum of these imaging features must be known in order to be accurately reported in the ED.

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Title: Emergency CT of abdominal complications of ingested fish bones: what not to miss
Authors: Gabriella Souza e Silva
Natália Borges Nunes Gomes
Eduardo Oliveira Pacheco
Flávio Murilo Ribeiro Bezerra
Rafael Borges Nunes
Humberto Lobato Mcphee
Ulysses S. Torres
Giuseppe D’Ippolito
Publication date: 01-02-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Acute Abdomen
Computed Tomography
Computed Tomography
Acute Abdomen
Acute Abdomen
Key Symptom
Abdominal Pain
Diverticulitis
Published in: Emergency Radiology / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-020-01800-6

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