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Pictorial essay: Complications of a swallowed fish bone
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Pictorial essay: Complications of a swallowed fish bone

Girish Bathla, Lynette LS Teo and Sunita Dhanda
The Indian journal of radiology & imaging, Vol.21(1), pp.63-68
2011
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.76061
PMCID: PMC3056375
PMID: 21431037
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Abstract

Unintentional ingestion of a fishbone (FB) is common, especially in populations with a high consumption of seafood. In most instances, the ingested FB passes uneventfully through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, usually within a week. However, in certain cases, the FB may become impacted and lead to complications. Awareness of these complications is important as patients usually present with nonspecific symptoms and could be unaware of having ingested an FB.
bowel perforation Multi-Organ Abscess fishbone

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