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An Unexpected Cause of Marked Weight Loss Associated with Vomiting in an Adult Man: Gastric Phytobeozar

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2015
Objectives: We present the case of an edentulous 47-year-old farmer referred to our Department of Internal Medicine because of postprandial vomiting, hyporexia, asthenia and weight loss. He ate a mostly vegetarian diet.
Marco Vacante   +4 more
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Gastric Bezoar

open access: yes, 2017
History of present illness: A 12-year-old female with no past medical history presented with abdominal pain for 3 months. The pain was intermittent, located at the epigastric region, non-radiating, fluctuating intensity up to 8/10, and had worsened over
Samer Assaf
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An Unusual Cause of Gastrointestinal Obstruction: Bezoar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Bezoars are concretions of swallowed hair, fruit vegetable fibers, and similar substances found in the alimentary canal. The first description of a postmortem human bezoar was by Swain in 1854.
Tariq O. Abbas, Tariq O. Abbas
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A modified minimally invasive technique for the surgical management of large trichobezoars

open access: yesJournal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2013
Background: Trichobezoar which were traditionally managed by open surgical retrieval are now often managed by minimally invasive surgical approach. Removal of a large trichobezoar by laparoscopy, however, needs an incision (usually 4-5 cm in size) for ...
Amit Javed, Anil K Agarwal
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A Case of Safe Endoscopic Removal of a Gastric Bezoar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Gastric bezoars are relativery uncommon and have a reported incidence of 0.4%. Because of complications such as gastric ulcers, intestinal obstruction, and perforation, gastric bezoars need to be removed in some cases. We experienced a patient with a 5 x
Tanioka, Yukari   +7 more
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Computed Tomographic Features of Bezoars and Other Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies in Dogs and Cats: A Comparative Analysis

open access: yesAnimals
This study presents a comparative analysis of the computed tomographic (CT), radiographic, and ultrasonographic (US) characteristics of gastrointestinal foreign bodies, including bezoars, in dogs and cats, and evaluates their association with ...
Jongwon Koo   +7 more
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Blood bezoar causing obstruction after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
INTRODUCTIONBowel obstruction is a known complication after bariatric surgery especially Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. The known etiologies include internal hernia, jejunojejunostomy stricture, ileus, intussusceptions, superior mesenteric artery syndrome ...
pakaneh, Mohamadali   +6 more
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Bezoar por lana en una niña de 10 años [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
Bezoar is a rare pathology, lhat is generally asso•ciated with psyquiatric diseases as we could observe inour palien!.Diagnosis was easily done based in anamnesis 1:mdradiology. A gastrotomy for foreign body extractionwas performed.
Peyroulou, Alfredo   +3 more
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A giant bezoar in a child with cerebral palsy – could we prevent the disease?

open access: yes, 2019
We present a case of giant bezoar in a 16-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Endoscopy failed to remove the mass. Laparotomy revealed that the stomach, small intestine, and colon were full of cloth material. It was extracted by multiple enterotomies.
Justyna Łuczak   +2 more
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Obstrucción intestinal por bezoar asociado a consumo de cocaína: A propósito de un caso

open access: yes, 2023
Introduction: cases of intestinal obstruction due to bezoar are rare and represent a diagnostic challenge. Clinical case: we present the case of a young patient with intense abdominal pain associated with bilious vomiting of several hours of evolution ...
Sánchez Galindo, Blanca   +1 more
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