https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2025.1897

A toothpick man user with COVID-19

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2025)
Published: 12 March 2025
Hepatic abscess, fever, COVID-19, streptococcus infection, gastric perforation
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Francesco Serafini
serafini.france@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1399-6359
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Mestre, Italy.
Elia Vettore
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7184-3799
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Mestre, Italy.
Fabio Presotto
Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale dell’Angelo, Mestre, Italy.

Hepatic abscess from gastric foreign body perforation is a condition considered rare. Here we describe the case of a middle-aged man hospitalized for fever, which at the end of the investigations was due to the presence of a foreign body liver abscess. The radiological examination with computed tomography was conclusive. Despite antibiotic therapy, the disease resolved only after surgery. Although these cases are rarely found in the medical department, the diagnosis should always be considered in the presence of liver abscesses.

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Serafini, F., Vettore, E., & Presotto, F. (2025). A toothpick man user with COVID-19. Italian Journal of Medicine, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2025.1897
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