Byard RW, Gilbert JD. Hepatic abscess formation and unexpected death: a delayed complication of occult intraabdominal foreign body.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2001;
22:88-91. [PMID:
11444671 DOI:
10.1097/00000433-200103000-00018]
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Abstract
A case of unexpected death in a 65-year-old woman, caused by a migrating foreign body that resulted in multifocal hepatic abscesses, is reported. The foreign body was subsequently identified as a portion of chicken fibula. The prolonged time course of the illness, with relatively nonspecific symptoms and signs, resulted in establishment of the diagnosis only at autopsy.
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