Perforación intestinal por espina de pescado, revisión de la literatura científica y presentación de dos casos: literature review and report of two cases

the clinical presentation of an intestinal perforation secondary to involuntary ingestion of a fish bone tends to be nonspecific, making the diagnosis difficult. nevertheless, the high frequency of this clinical entity, which undiagnosed may be fatal, makes it necessary to establish prompt diagnosis and treatment. our objective in this paper is to review the literature and report two cases managed at hospital universitario san ignacio, pontificia universidad javeriana, bogotá, d.c., colombia.