Emergency Laparoscopic Removal of an Ingested Fishbone Perforating the Stomach After Endoscopy: A Case Report
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 70-year-old female who presented with epigastric pain of two days' duration was reported. Her multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) images showed peri-gastric fat stranding on MDCT, corresponding to the extra-gastric wall inflammation due to gastric perforation. Laparoscopic surgery was successfully performed to remove the extra-gastric foreign body and repair the perforation with the lesser omentum. To the best of our knowledge, the literature review showed that this is the 10th case of gastric perforation due to a foreign body treated by laparoscopy. The fat stranding is considered indicative of gastric perforation, and laparoscopy must be prepared when gastroscopy fails to remove and save the gastric perforation.
Source: Cureus
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.81060
Authors: Norio Tomono, Naohisa Niiro, Yasuhiko Fujita, Teruyoshi Amagai
Language: English
Topic: Foreign Body Medical Cases
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408767527