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To the Editor: The development of intraabdominal abscesses secondary to the ingestion of foreign bodies is a known but infrequent phenomenon.¹ We describe a patient with a right subphrenic abscess that developed after the accidental ingestion of a toothpick 15 months earlier. Images obtained through abdominal ultrasonography were helpful in making a preoperative diagnosis.

A 52-year-old man was referred to the hospital because of progressive weight loss of 10 kg during the preceding six months, despite the presence of a good appetite. There was no history of fever, chills, vomiting, or abdominal pain. There was a history of non-insulin-dependent diabetes . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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