Abdominal pain is a common presentation in emergency medicine.We describe the case of a 54-year-old female who presented to\nthe emergency department due to worsening abdominal pain. She had a history of right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain\nthat had been ongoing for several months. The pain had been thought by the primary care team to be related to gastritis and she\nhad been prescribed a proton pump inhibitor (PPI).Her abdominal pain increased in the three days prior to her presentation to the\nemergency department (ED). The computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen showed a foreign body (FB) in the liver which\nwas successfully removed surgically. Pathology results showed that the FB was consistent with a small bone fragment. Ingestions of\nFB are common but seldom result in complications.When complications do arise, perforation of a hollow viscous is typically seen.\nRarely, transmigration of the FB can occur.
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