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. 1983 Jul;59(693):455–456. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.59.693.455

The antemortem diagnosis of pyogenic liver abscess due to perforation of the gut by a foreign body.

P J Shaw, J G Freeman
PMCID: PMC2417535  PMID: 6622330

Abstract

Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract by ingested foreign bodies is rare; the diagnosis of pyogenic liver abscess resulting from such perforations is usually made at post-mortem. We present a case of perforation of the gut, due to an ingested dental plate, with a resultant pyogenic liver abscess, which presented as a pyrexia of unknown origin.

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