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Rectal bezoar: a rare cause of intestinal obstruction

open access: yes, 2023
Bezoars are conglomerates of undigested contents that accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract. They can have different compositions, such as fibers, seeds, vegetables (phytobezoars), hair (trichobezoars), and medication (pharmacobezoars).
Abegão, Teresa   +4 more
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Successful endovascular treatment of superior mesenteric artery-duodenal fistula secondary to Rapunzel syndrome

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2023
Rapunzel syndrome is a rare clinical entity in pediatric patients with a history of trichotillomania and trichophagia that has only been mentioned a few times in the literature.
Assim Saad Eddin, MD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Upper Gastrointestinal Manifestation of Bezoars and the Etiological Factors: A Literature Review

open access: yesGastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019
A gastric bezoar is a compact mass of indigestible foreign materials that accumulate and consolidate in the stomach; however, it can be found in other sites of the gastrointestinal tract.
Samiullah Khan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Korean Practice Guidelines for Gastric Cancer 2022: An Evidence-based, Multidisciplinary Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers in Korea and the world. Since 2004, this is the 4th gastric cancer guideline published in Korea which is the revised version of previous evidence-based approach in 2018.
정민규   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Laparoscopic Treatment of Gastric Bezoar [PDF]

open access: yesJSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2010
A seventeen-year-old female presented with a symptomatic abdominal mass that was diagnosed by barium meal and computed tomography to be a gastric bezoar. She underwent laparoscopic removal of the bezoar, through an anterior wall gastrostomy in an endobag, which was extracted piecemeal through a 4-cm upper midline incision.
Sharma, Deborshi   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A Bezoar Causing Bowel Obstruction After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Case Report

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2019
We aimed to present a patient with phytobezoar causing small bowel obstruction after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Thirty-year-old woman with a history of prior Roux-en-Y gastric bypass due to morbid obesity three years ago presented with colicky abdominal ...
Alireza Tavassoli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chewing gum bezoar in a pediatric patient

open access: yesJEM Reports, 2023
Background: A bezoar is a collection of indigestible material found in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract that has become large enough not to progress through the rest of the intestinal system.
Chizite Iheonunekwu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laparoscopic Management of Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Rapunzel Syndrome

open access: yesCase Reports in Surgery, 2016
A 17-year-old girl presented with bilious vomiting and abdominal pain to the surgery department. The history was positive for trichotillomania and trichophagia.
Bijan Koushk Jalali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obstruction in the third portion of the duodenum due to a diospyrobezoar: a case report

open access: yesBMC Surgery, 2017
Background Duodenal obstruction occurs mainly due to physical lesions such as duodenal ulcers or tumors. Obstruction due to bezoars is rare. We describe an extremely rare case of obstruction in the third portion of the duodenum caused by a diospyrobezoar
Yukinori Yamagata   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Bezoar Composed of Bilirubin Calcium, Calcium Carbonate, and Fatty Acid Calcium

open access: yesCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2019
A 68-year-old Japanese man was diagnosed with bezoar in the stomach, which was endoscopically retrieved. The bezoar was composed of bilirubin calcium, calcium carbonate, and fatty acid calcium.
Masaya Iwamuro   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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