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  • Title: Hepatic inflammatory mass secondary to toothpick perforation of the stomach: triphasic CT appearances.
    Author: Cheung YC, Ng SH, Tan CF, Ng KK, Wan YL.
    Journal: Clin Imaging; 2000; 24(2):93-5. PubMed ID: 11124481.
    Abstract:
    Unintentional ingestion of foreign bodies is common in daily life. The unintentional ingestion of sharp foreign bodies such as toothpicks, fish bones and chicken bones carries a significant risk of perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. Herein, we report a case of hepatic inflammatory mass complicated by the perforation of an ingested toothpick that had a distinctive enhancement pattern on dynamic computed tomograms (CT). Understanding the phenomenon of enhancement in triphasic CT study is the basis in differentiating liver neoplasms.
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