Man Lured with Alcohol, Takes Bait, and Gets Caught: A Cautionary Fish Tale

• Published in: The American surgeon Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 85 - 86
• Main Authors: Vercruysse, Gary A., Bauman, Zachary M., Hennemeyer, Charles T., Devis, Paola, Rhee, Peter M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2018; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Abdomen; Alcohol; Alcohols; Critical care; Emergency medical services; Esophagus; Fish; Fishing tackle; Flat plates; Gastrointestinal system; Health care facilities; Hooks; Medical imaging; Ostomy; Piercing; Radiology; Surgery; Atlanta Georgia; Georgia; United States > US; Arizona; Finland; Nebraska
• ISSN: 0003-1348; 1555-9823
• DOI: 10.1177/000313481808400217

A flat plate of the abdomen revealed a fishing lure in the right upper quadrant; however, this was better characterized by CT to be within the second portion of the duodenum, with treble hooks piercing the anterior wall of the retroduodenal vena cava (Fig. 1). The distal esophagus was repaired via left thoracotomy.4 As prior authors have noted, "Based on the present experience, and from the previous reports, ingested fish hooks do not seem to pass uneventfully through the human gastrointestinal tract because their shape is intended to hook a fish. Gary A. Vercruysse, M.D. Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery Department of Surgery University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Zachary M. Bauman, D.O., M.H.A. Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery Department of Surgery University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska Charles T. Hennemeyer, M.D. Paola Devis, M.D. Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology Department of Medical Imaging University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Peter M. Rhee, M.D. Grady Memorial Hospital Atlanta, Georgia Address correspondence and reprint requests to Gary A. Vercruysse, M.D., F.A.C.S., Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Room 5411 P.O. Box 245063, Tucson, AZ 85724.