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Jensen TM, Kücükakin B, Bülow C. [Small-bowel ileus caused by a gold filling]. Ugeskr Laeger 2009; 171:59. [PMID: 19128571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A 68-years-old man was admitted to hospital with signs of intestinal obstruction. Computed tomography showed a foreign body, and the patient underwent laparotomy which revealed a gold filling in the jejunum. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of a gold filling causing intestinal obstruction.
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Ouazzani A, Bataille D, Dryjski J, Lefebvre JC, Guérin E, Vaneukem P. [Iron deficiency anaemia, pancreatitis and epigastric mass in a young female: a rare presentation of a large gastric trichobezoar]. REVUE MEDICALE DE BRUXELLES 2009; 30:47-51. [PMID: 19353942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report the case of a 15-year old girl presenting with a gastric fullness sensation. The biological examination showed iron deficiency anaemia and elevation of the pancreatic enzymes. At endoscopy, a huge trichobezoar is found in the stomach. The endoscopic removal is impossible due to the compacity of the mass. Surgical resection is therefore performed. The postoperative course is uneventful and the biologic anomalies are rapidly corrected. A throughout anamnesis revealed a trichotillomania with trichophagia, this behavioural trouble found its origin in a familial conflict.
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Teng YC, Liu KL, Lin WH, Chen SJ. Image of the month. Bezoars. ARCHIVES OF SURGERY (CHICAGO, ILL. : 1960) 2008; 143:1019-1020. [PMID: 18936385 DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.143.10.1019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Liu YP, Shih SL, Yang FS. Sudden onset of right lower quadrant pain after heavy exercise. Am Fam Physician 2008; 78:379-384. [PMID: 18711954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Osada T, Shibuya T, Kodani T, Beppu K, Sakamoto N, Nagahara A, Ohkusa T, Ogihara T, Watanabe S. Obstructing small bowel bezoars due to an agar diet: diagnosis using double balloon enteroscopy. Intern Med 2008; 47:617-20. [PMID: 18379147 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Primary small bowel bezoars are rare and may cause acute abdomen due to small bowel obstruction (SBO). A 70-year-old Japanese woman presented to the emergency room with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. The patient reported that she had eaten a large amount of highly-concentrated, agar dissolved in boiling water two days prior to presentation. Double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) revealed that white-colored, hard bezoars were clogged in the jejunum. At surgery, many bezoars were found impacted in the distal jejunum, and enterotomy was performed. The bezoars were elastic hard, crystallized objects. These bezoars were considered to have formed from highly-concentrated, dissolvable agar.
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Singh SK, Marupaka SK. Duodenal date seed bezoar: a very unusual cause of partial gastric outlet obstruction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 51 Spec No.:B126-9. [PMID: 17875133 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01810.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bezoars are concretions of undigested or partially digested foreign material in the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract of humans or animals. Originally described from Persia, they have been known to mankind for centuries. Bezoars are an uncommon cause of benign mechanical gastric outlet obstruction. A variety of materials have been found to form bezoars, such as hair, undigested food, persimmons, milk products, medicines, etc. Development of bezoars is usually associated with predisposing risk factors. We describe a very unusual case of duodenal date seed bezoar causing partial gastric outlet obstruction in a person with no known risk factors. To the best of our knowledge, duodenal bezoars formed by date seeds have not been reported previously in the English literature.
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Zissin R, Osadchy A, Gayer G. Abdominal CT findings of delayed postoperative complications. Can Assoc Radiol J 2007; 58:200-211. [PMID: 18186431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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Anatol T, Maharaj P, Leach J. A barium chemobezoar in an infant. W INDIAN MED J 2007; 56:469-471. [PMID: 18303763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A case report is presented of an infant who developed a large barium concretion proximal to a jejunal anastomosis. A brief literature review outlines the issues involved in the indications for, and choice of, contrast material for use in the precise radiological diagnosis of upper intestinal obstruction in infants.
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Ulusan S, Koç Z, Törer N. Small bowel obstructions secondary to bezoars. ULUS TRAVMA ACIL CER 2007; 13:217-221. [PMID: 17978897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND We aimed to present our experience on computed tomography (CT) findings of small bowel obstruction due to bezoar impaction. METHODS CT scans of seven patients (3 males, 4 females, age range; 30-93 years) who were diagnosed as small bowel obstruction due to bezoars were reviewed. RESULTS In each patient, an intraluminal mass with a mottled gas pattern on CT enabled specific preoperative diagnosis of bezoars, and postoperative changes such as anastomotic lines and afferent-efferent loops. CONCLUSION CT imaging is useful in making the diagnosis of bezoar associated with small bowel obstruction, and greatly helps assessing the detailed abdominal anatomy.
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Rapunzel syndrome is a rare presentation of a trichobezoar, with 24 cases having been reported in literature so far. This syndrome has been reported in 23 female and 1 male patient with a mean age of 10.8 years. The patients commonly present with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and signs of obstruction. The distal end of the bezoar may be in the jejunum, ileum or the colon. We evaluate the various cases reported and discuss the various modes of presentation of this uncommon syndrome, and also present a series of 3 cases, all females, aged 16, 18 and 21 years, and had a trichobezoar in the stomach with a tail extending into the ileum.
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Many approaches have been proposed for the treatment of bezoars, such as gastroscopic fragmentation, nasogastric lavage or suction, and enzymatic therapy. Because gastroscopic removal has not always been successful, especially in large gastric bezoars, surgical removal by gastrotomy through abdominal incision has been performed. With the advent of laparoscopic surgery, it became possible to remove such lesions without large abdominal incisions. In this case, we present a 62-year-old male who had gastric phytobezoar that was successfully treated with a laparoscopic technique.
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Shenoy VN, Chandrashekar KB, Ferris E, Shenoy V. A case of pharmacobezoar in a patient with ileostomy. JOURNAL OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 2007; 48:99-101. [PMID: 17941256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We report a case of a 59-year-old white male who presented with right-sided abdominal pain of 6 months duration. The patient had a total colectomy and Brooks continent ileostomy 20 years ago for severe ulcerative colitis. A CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed large number of pills (pharmacobezoar) in the small bowel, just proximal to the ileostomy pouch. The patient underwent a laparotomy and enterotomy, which resulted in extraction of more than 50 pills from the small bowel. He had no symptoms during the subsequent follow up visits.
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Oktar SO, Erbaş G, Yücel C, Aslan E, Ozdemir H. Closed perforation of the small bowel secondary to a phytobezoar: imaging findings. Diagn Interv Radiol 2007; 13:19-22. [PMID: 17354189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Small bowel perforation secondary to phytobezoars is a rare clinical entity, which is not well-documented in the radiological literature. Sonographic and computed tomography (CT) findings of a case of closed small bowel perforation secondary to phytobezoars in a patient with previous gastric surgery are presented. Both abdominal ultrasound and CT examinations revealed a collection containing air at the left lower quadrant as well as neighboring intraluminal masses suggestive of bezoars. We propose that appropriate CT examination is a very useful imaging modality for evaluating this kind of bowel perforation.
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Graham RJ, Stein P. Gastric outlet obstruction in an infant: lactobezoar. Am J Emerg Med 2007; 25:98-9. [PMID: 17157697 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2006] [Accepted: 03/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Haider HH, Illanes H, Ciancio G, Miller J, Burke GW. Bezoar-related pancreatitis in enterically drained pancreas transplant. Transplant Proc 2007; 39:196-8. [PMID: 17275505 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation is currently the treatment of choice for type 1 diabetes mellitus with end-stage renal disease. As a result of improvements in surgical techniques and the efficacy of immunosuppression, patient and graft survival rates have improved dramatically over the last two decades. Despite this, it remains a challenging surgical procedure with many potential complications and occasional controversies. Causes of pancreatitis after pancreas transplantation with enteric drainage are not well documented in the literature. We report a case of allograft pancreatitis from pancreatic duct outflow obstruction due to formation of a bezoar in a diverticulized transplant duodeno-jejunal anastomosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of allograft pancreatitis reported in the literature occurring from bezoar formation.
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El Fortia M. Duodenal obstruction secondary to date stone impaction. ULTRASCHALL IN DER MEDIZIN (STUTTGART, GERMANY : 1980) 2007; 28:79-81. [PMID: 17304415 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-927229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The use of non-invasive imaging techniques to rapidly establish diagnosis has always been an attempt in emergency situations. Recent significant advances in imaging technology have changed approach and algorithm of many emergencies. We present a case of swallowed date stone resulting in duodenal obstruction in a 10-year old child. Following the suspicion of a foreign body impaction which caused symptoms of acute intestinal obstruction, the case was diagnosed precisely by conventional sonography. This spared the patient the laparotomy scheduled initially. Instead, endoscopic removal of the date stone was accomplished successfully with smooth recovery.
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Wells CD, Luckritz TC, Rady MY, Zornik JM, Leighton JA, Patel BM. Bezoar Formation Requiring Endoscopic Removal After Intentional Overdose of Extended-Release Nifedipine. Pharmacotherapy 2006; 26:1802-5. [PMID: 17125441 DOI: 10.1592/phco.26.12.1802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A 61-year-old Caucasian woman was transported to the emergency department after intentionally ingesting several different prescription drugs. She had been found by her husband in an unconscious state with empty bottles of extended-release venlafaxine, extended-release nifedipine, sertraline, and atorvastatin. She was intubated in the emergency department and transferred to the intensive care unit. After 36 hours in the intensive care unit, she was stabilized and brought to a general medical ward. She later developed profound recurrent hypotension with systolic blood pressures ranging from 40-70 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressures of 0-40 mm Hg. She was readmitted to the intensive care unit, where a computed tomography scan revealed a mass in her stomach. A gastroenterology consultation was obtained, and an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed, during which a large drug bezoar was discovered and removed. The drugs were identified as extended-release nifedipine with a few granules of extended-release venlafaxine. Unfortunately, the patient died 3 days after the EGD from multisystem organ failure related to the overdose. Clinicians who encounter drug overdoses should be aware of the possibility of drug bezoar formation and should consider endoscopic removal as a potential treatment option.
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Davis RN, Rettmann JA, Christensen B. Relapsing altered mental status secondary to a meprobamate bezoar. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 61:990-1. [PMID: 17033575 DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000240253.94361.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Perera BJC, Romanie Rodrigo BKN, de Silva TUN, Ragunathan IR. A case of trichobezoar. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 50:168-9. [PMID: 16538914 DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v50i4.1411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Durán Ferreras I, López Bernal F, Martínez Vieira A, Alamo Martínez JM, Docobo Durántez F. [Rapunzel syndrome]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ENFERMEDADES DIGESTIVAS 2006; 97:921-2. [PMID: 16454614 DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082005001200012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Weiler H, Weimann D, Kersjes W. [Unusual postoperative fistula of the abdominal wall, caused by an ingested wooden spit perforating the intestine and lodging itself in the abdominal wall]. ULTRASCHALL IN DER MEDIZIN (STUTTGART, GERMANY : 1980) 2006; 27:59-62. [PMID: 16470481 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Abdominal fistula caused by an ingested wooden spit, which penetrated the intestinal wall and remained in the abdominal wall: a laparascopy was performed in a 41-year-old man suffering from acute appendicitis and an inflamed Meckel's diverticulum. After removal of the appendix and the diverticulum, a fistula developed in the excision channel of the left quadrant of the abdominal wall post-operatively. Despite repeated incision of the abscess in the course of 2 months, the fistula did not heal. Ultrasound examination of the abdominal wall was therefore performed. The postoperative status was without conspicuous findings. We could, however, detect a foreign body, a few centimetres long and 2-3 mm thick, displaying a smooth surface, deep down in the abdominal wall. A fistulography confirmed the diagnosis. After removal of the wooden spit, complete healing of the fistula in the abdominal wall was observed. Subsequently, the patient reported to have eaten a beef roulade, fixed with a wooden spit, 7 weeks before the abdominal operation.
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Aoun E, Abdul-Baki H, Berro Z, Sharara AI. Gastric bezoar creating a ball-valve effect. Dig Liver Dis 2006; 38:150-1. [PMID: 16301008 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2005] [Accepted: 10/04/2005] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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