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Thursday 12 September 2024

CASE 782: TOOTHPICK PENETRATING TO ABDOMINAL WALL, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr NGUYỄN NGỌC XUÂN GIANG, BÌNH AN HOSPITAL KIÊN GIANG, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 49 year-old man with an abscess at the left flank of the abdomen for one week and WBC = 14,000.



Ultrasound detected a # 6cm foreign body in the wall of the abdomen lead to the descending colon wall.



MSCT confirmed a toothpick penetrating the abdominal wall from the left colon, and stone of pancreatic duct.



Operation removed the # 6cm toothpick and drained out the chocolate pus from the abdominal wall abscess.




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