Table 1
From: Liver abscess secondary to a broken needle migration- A case report
Year | Author | Symptom | Period of suffering | Foreign body | Size | Penetration | Liver lobe | Bacteria | Laparotomy | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | Abel et al | None | Unknown | Needle | 2.5 cm | Stomach | Left | Unknown | Yes | Removal of needle and part of liver |
1971 | Berk et al | Rt. upper abdominal pain | Weeks | Chicken bone | 4 cm | Stomach | Left | Unknown | Yes | Bone removed, abscess drained, hemigastrectomy |
1981 | Ratizadeh et al | Low grade fever | 10 days | Tooth pick | 4.2 cm | Duodenum | Left | Streptococcus | Yes | Removal of foreign body, abscess drained |
1981 | Tsuboi et al | Epigastralgia, weight loss | 1 month | Fish bone | 4.7 cm | Stomach | Left | Unknown | Yes | Removal of bone, abscess drained |
1984 | Bloch et al | Fever, myalgia, anorexia | 2 weeks | Toothpick | 4.5 cm | Stomach | Left | Streptococcus | Yes | Removal and abscess drainage |
1986 | Penderson et al | Abdominal pain, shock | Unknown | Toothpick | 3.5 cm | Stomach | Left | Unknown | Yes | Removal and abscess drainage |
1988 | Gonzalez et al | Abdominal pain, fever, jaundice | 1 month | Fish bone | - | Stomach | Left | Unknown | Yes | Removal and abscess drainage |
1988 | Iwasa et al | Abdominal pain & distension, fever | 3 week | Fish bone | 3 cm | Duodenum | Left | Unknown | Yes | Lateral segmentectomy |
1990 | Dugger et al | Rt. upper quadrant pain, chills, pre-shock | 3 week | Fish or chicken bone | 3.8 cm | Stomach | Right | E. coli, Proteus | Death | Autopsy |
1991 | Matsunazi et al | Abdominal pain, fever, vomiting | 1 week | Fish bone | 4 cm | Stomach | Left | Unknown | Yes | Per-cutaneous drainage, lateral segmentectomy, partial gastrectomy |
1993 | Chen et al | Epigastralgia, fever, vomiting | 3 months | Chicken bone | 4 cm | Duodenum | Left | Unknown | Yes | Abscess drainage and closure of perforation |
1998 | Horii et al | Spike fever | 2 weeks | Fish bone | 2.8 cm | Unknown | Left | Streptococcus constellatus | No | Per-cutaneous abscess drainage |
2003 | Chintamani et al | Fever, vomiting | 1 year | Needle | 3 cm | Unknown | Right | Streptococcus | Yes | Removal of foreign body and abscess drainage |