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Case Reports
. 2019 Jun 26;12(6):e230452.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230452.

Hepatic abscess secondary to gastric perforation

Luísa Graça  1   2 , Bárbara Viamonte  3 , Cláudia Carvalho  1   4 , António Sarmento  1   2
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Case Reports

Hepatic abscess secondary to gastric perforation

Luísa Graça et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: gastrointestinal surgery; hepatitis and other gi infections; radiology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
CT showing a hepatic abscess (green arrow) associated to a foreign body (yellow arrow) that migrated from the stomach (red arrows).
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