An Entangled Fish Hook in Nose: A Tricky Case

A fish hook and liver disease: revisiting an old enemy.

Vibrio vulnificus is an uncommon but potentially devastating pathogen. Early recognition with prompt antimicrobial therapy and surgical treatment are key factors for a favorable outcome. Patients with diseases of the liver represent the group at highest risk of infection. However, clinicians are often unaware of underlying liver disease in these patients at the time of presentation. We present ...

Fish-hook injuries: a risk for fishermen

Fishing is one of the best known and practiced human activities. However, you should remember that, when casting the hook from the riverbank or grasping it to add bait, fishermen run a real risk of injury if the hook punctures the skin.Briefly we describe a case where a young, 32-year-old fisherman who was reeling the hook back to shore when it hit him in the face and embedded itself in his upp...

A Case of Pneumococcal Endocarditis Following a Nose Trauma

Pneumococcal endocarditis is an uncommon disease. Here, we describe a case of endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a young man following a nose trauma. In traumas that involve the respiratory system and the mucous membrane, bacterial complications such as colonization and bacteremia and end-organ involvement should be considered by physicians.

The occasional removal of an embedded fish hook.

This article has been peer reviewed. Fishing is a popular rural recreational activity involving millions of Canadians. Rural physicians can expect to see the occasional patient presenting with penetrating tissue trauma involving fish hooks. Management of an embedded hook includes taking a careful history, doing a physical examination of the hook injury and surrounding tissue and preparing the s...

Is the fish-hook effect in hydrocyclones a real phenomenon?