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A 56-year-old man presented with a 2-day history of dull epigastric pain and raised inflammatory markers. Computerized tomography scan revealed a 4-cm abscess in the left lobe of the liver, with a linear radio-dense foreign body within the collection. At laparoscopy the hepatogastric fistula was disconnected. The fishbone was retrieved from the liver. Gastrostomy was closed with an omental patch. The patient had an uneventful recovery. Fifty-two cases of liver abscess secondary to enterohepatic fishbone migration were reported with over two-thirds presenting with a left-lobe abscess. There was marked variability in the management of liver abscess in the setting of fishbone migration-summarized in table. 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