• Pradeep Goyal, Sonali Gupta, and Joshua Sapire.
• Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut; The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, North Haven, Connecticut.
• J Emerg Med. 2019 Sep 1; 57 (3): e95-e97.

AbstractGastrointestinal complications secondary to fish bone ingestion are rare, however important to recognize in timely manner to prevent morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is often challenging in setting of non-specific and variable symptoms and lack of history of fish bone ingestion. Diagnostic imaging particularly computed tomography is crucial for diagnosis. However, emphasis should be given on identifying underlying cause of abdominal complications because fish bone is often missed unless specifically looked for. Identification of fish bone is essential for extraction of the inciting nidus. Emergency physician should be aware of this entity to identify it and triage the patients in timely manner. We describe here cases of sub-capsular liver abscess and acute cholecystitis caused by fish bone ingestion. The fish bone as a cause of these complication was initially missed in emergency.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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