Penetration of the Alimentary Tract by a Foreign Body With Migration to the Liver
- 1 March 1971
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 102 (3), 227-228
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1971.01350030065021
Abstract
X-ray films performed in an infant for an unrelated reason showed a needle in the diaphragmatic portion of the left lobe of the liver. This was removed at laparotomy by following a rust-colored, fibrous tract marking its presumed passage from the stomach to the liver.Keywords
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