ACUTE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION BY THE PERSIMMON PIIYTOBEZOAR

Acute Intestinal Obstruction Caused by a Persimmon Phytobezoar after Dissolution Therapy with Coca-Cola

Bezoars are concretions or hard masses of foreign matter that are found in the gastrointestinal tract. Recent reports have demonstrated the efficacy of Coca-Cola administration for the dissolution of phytobezors. Here we report on a 73-year-old man with a very large gastric persimmon diospyrobezoar, and this caused small intestinal obstruction after partial dissolution with oral and injected Co...

Acute Intestinal Obstruction

THE problem of acute intestinal obstruction is well illustrated by the patient. some twenty years ago, who first raised my serious interest in the processes concernied. This patient, a well-nourished middle-aged mani, was admitted to hospital suffering from generalised crampy abdominal pain, vomiting, and constipation. On examination, the patient looked well; his abdomen was somewhat distendecd...

Acute neonatal intestinal obstruction.

Acute intestinal obstruction.

Objective: To determine the etiological spectrum of acute intestinal obstruction in our clinical setup Military Hospital Rawalpindi. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Surgical department of Military Hospital, Rawalpindi from Jul 2012 to Jul 2013, over a period of about 1 year. Material and Methods: A total of 120 patients with acute mechanical intestinal obstruction ...

Acute intestinal obstruction.

A 12-year-old boy is admitted for emergency surgery for acute abdominal syndrome. The intervention showed strangulation of the terminal ileum by the vermiform appendix. The pathology analysis showed bilharzial appendicitis by Schistosoma haematobium. The patient was treated with praziquantel. The literature is not plentiful on this subject. Because protozoiasis is endemic in this area, it shoul...