Parenchymal Injury Caused by Complete Migration of a Bone of Japanese Horse Mackerel Within the Pancreatic Uncinate Process Through a Duodenal Diverticulum, Resulting in Sepsis and Multiple Pyogenic Liver Abscesses.
- 1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yokkaichi Hadu Medical Center, Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan.
- 2Divisions of Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yokkaichi Hadu Medical Center, Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND An ingested fish bone may cause bowel penetration and subsequent infection, and approximately 1% of such cases require emergent surgery. Moreover, infection and hemorrhage may occur when a penetrated fish bone migrates into surrounding organs or vessels. CASE REPORT A 79-year-old man ate grilled Japanese horse mackerel. Three days later, he developed abdominal pain and a sustained fever. Computed tomography detected a fully migrated scad bone embedded in the pancreatic uncus through a duodenal diverticulum, along with multiple pyogenic liver abscesses. Intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was started for sepsis. Endoscopic removal was attempted but failed. Surgical removal was proposed, and the pancreas and duodenum were mobilized. Intraoperative ultrasonography revealed that the fully migrated scad bone had been removed from the pancreatic parenchyma and broken into 2 fragments during the surgical procedure. The 2 fragments were located in the third portion of the duodenum and the diverticular cavity, respectively. One fragment in the third portion was successfully removed by an intraoperative endoscopic maneuver. Postoperative endoscopic examination and imaging demonstrated that the other fragment in the diverticular cavity had passed spontaneously by bowel peristalsis. Intravenous antibiotic therapy with appropriate de-escalation was continued for 14 days. The multiple pyogenic liver abscesses disappeared, and the patient recovered from sepsis. CONCLUSIONS Pyogenic liver abscess caused by hematogenous spread is a serious infectious disease, and sepsis may be fatal. A migrated fish bone within an adjacent organ should be removed as soon as practicable because this retained foreign body may subsequently cause severe infectious complications.
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BibTeX
@article{aota2026parenchymal,
title = {{Parenchymal Injury Caused by Complete Migration of a Bone of Japanese Horse Mackerel Within the Pancreatic Uncinate Process Through a Duodenal Diverticulum, Resulting in Sepsis and Multiple Pyogenic Liver Abscesses.}},
author = {Saki Aota and Tomohide Hori and Ryutaro Nishikawa and Shigehito Nakashima and Ryohei Sakaguchi and Satoru Umegae and Takao Iwanaga and Shigeki Nakayama and Hiroshi Hasegawa and Kunihiro Higuchi and Takahiro Shimoyama and Sakurako Suzuki and Shoichi Morita and Haruka Miyao and Hikaru Ohtani and Seima Hirai and Takayuki Yamamoto},
journal = {The American journal of case reports},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.12659/ajcr.954338},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42834552},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Parenchymal Injury Caused by Complete Migration of a Bone of Japanese Horse Mackerel Within the Pancreatic Uncinate Process Through a Duodenal Diverticulum, Resulting in Sepsis and Multiple Pyogenic Liver Abscesses.
AU - Saki Aota
AU - Tomohide Hori
AU - Ryutaro Nishikawa
AU - Shigehito Nakashima
AU - Ryohei Sakaguchi
AU - Satoru Umegae
AU - Takao Iwanaga
AU - Shigeki Nakayama
AU - Hiroshi Hasegawa
AU - Kunihiro Higuchi
AU - Takahiro Shimoyama
AU - Sakurako Suzuki
AU - Shoichi Morita
AU - Haruka Miyao
AU - Hikaru Ohtani
AU - Seima Hirai
AU - Takayuki Yamamoto
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/06
JO - The American journal of case reports
DO - 10.12659/ajcr.954338
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42834552
AB - BACKGROUND An ingested fish bone may cause bowel penetration and subsequent infection, and approximately 1% of such cases require emergent surgery. Moreover, infection and hemorrhage may occur when a penetrated fish bone migrates into surrounding organs or vessels. CASE REPORT A 79-year-old man ate grilled Japanese horse mackerel. Three days later, he developed abdominal pain and a sustained fever. Computed tomography detected a fully migrated scad bone embedded in the pancreatic uncus through a duodenal diverticulum, along with multiple pyogenic liver abscesses. Intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was started for sepsis. Endoscopic removal was attempted but failed. Surgical removal was proposed, and the pancreas and duodenum were mobilized. Intraoperative ultrasonography revealed that the fully migrated scad bone had been removed from the pancreatic parenchyma and broken into 2 fragments during the surgical procedure. The 2 fragments were located in the third portion of the duodenum and the diverticular cavity, respectively. One fragment in the third portion was successfully removed by an intraoperative endoscopic maneuver. Postoperative endoscopic examination and imaging demonstrated that the other fragment in the diverticular cavity had passed spontaneously by bowel peristalsis. Intravenous antibiotic therapy with appropriate de-escalation was continued for 14 days. The multiple pyogenic liver abscesses disappeared, and the patient recovered from sepsis. CONCLUSIONS Pyogenic liver abscess caused by hematogenous spread is a serious infectious disease, and sepsis may be fatal. A migrated fish bone within an adjacent organ should be removed as soon as practicable because this retained foreign body may subsequently cause severe infectious complications.
SN - 1941-5923
ER -