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Valuable stones: The trade in porcupine bezoars
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Old-world porcupines (Order: Rodentia Family: Hystricidae) face many threats, including an increasing demand for their different body parts such as meat, quills, hairs and bezoars.
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Endoscopic Treatment of Gastric Bezoars: A Report of Three Cases [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal ResearchBezoars, including phytobezoars, trichobezoars, and pharmacobezoars, are accumulations of undigested substances in the gastrointestinal tract. We report three cases of gastric bezoars.
Younghee Choe +2 more
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CT Findings of Patients with Small Bowel Obstruction due to Bezoar: A Descriptive Study
The Scientific World Journal, 2013 Purpose. The aim of this study was to present the computed tomography (CT) findings of bezoars that cause obstruction in the small bowel and to emphasize that some CT findings can be considered specific to some bezoar types. Materials and Methods.
Fatih Altintoprak +7 more
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Nasogastric Tube Feeding-Induced Esophageal Bezoar: Case Description
Case Reports in Medicine, 2017 Background. Bezoars are well established entities causing gastrointestinal obstructions. Depending on the prominent constituent of these bezoars, the latter are divided into four subtypes: pharmacobezoars, lactobezoars, trichobezoars, and phytobezoars ...
Jad A. Degheili +2 more
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Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2017 Gastric bezoars are rare and are usually found incidentally. They can sometimes cause severe complications, including gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) or gastric pneumatosis (GP).
Hirokazu Honda +4 more
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Huge plastic bezoar: a rare cause of gastrointestinal obstruction
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 Bezoars are rare causes of gastrointestinal obstruction. Basically, they are of four types: trichobezoars, phytobezoars, pharmacobezoars, and lactobezoars. Some rare types of bezoars are also known.
Mbarek Yaka +3 more
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Gastric phytobezoars as a very unusual cause of gastric outlet obstruction
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2021 Bezoars are collections of indigestible foreign material found in the gastrointestinal tract. Phytobezoars are the most common among the types of bezoars. Treatment of phytobezoars is categorized into four types: chemical dissolution, endoscopic removal,
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Rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants – a review of case reports
Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna, 2016 Bezoars are foreign bodies in the form of round balls typically found in the alimentary tract, in the area of the stomach. They are created from residual material, e.g.
Paweł Jonczyk +5 more
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Laparoscopically Treated Giant Gastric Bezoar Complicated with Large Ulcer in Young Patient
Lietuvos Chirurgija, 2021 Gastric bezoars are rare but well known intraluminal formations in the gastrointestinal system. Reports for gastric bezoar treatment include dissolution, endoscopic retrieval and surgery (open and laparoscopic).
Cemal Ulusoy +4 more
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Respiratory and intestinal trichobezoar in a female: An unusual case report and literature review
Respirology Case Reports, 2023 Trichobezoars are hairballs in the gastrointestinal tract that usually develop due to the consumption of hair after pulling it. However, some rare case reports suggest that trichobezoar can also occur in the respiratory system.
Siavash Abedi +5 more
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