Bezoar as a cause of intestinal obstruction as the first manifestation of duodenal adenocarcinoma

Cotton Bezoar- a rare cause of intestinal obstruction: case report

BACKGROUND Bezoars usually present as a mass in the stomach. The patient often has a preceding history of some psychiatric predisposition. Presentation could be in the form of trichophagy followed by trichobezoar (swallowing of hair leading to formation of bezoar), orphytobezoar (swallowing of vegetable fibres). Rapunzel syndrome is a condition where the parent bezoar is in the stomach and a ta...

Endometriosis as a Cause of Intestinal Obstruction

Since Sampson (I92I) described a case of endometrioma of the sigmoid colon, increased interest has been taken by surgeons in extragenital endometriosis. The site where this condition is most liable to give rise to complications is in the intestine where small and large bowel obstruction may result from the cyclic haemorrhages around and in the endometrial glands and stroma. The end-result of th...

Volvulus as a Cause of Intestinal Obstruction

Gossypiboma as a cause of intestinal obstruction.

Gossypiboma / textiloma / retained surgical sponge is an avoidable surgical complication which can lead to patient morbidity, mortality and profound medicolegal implications. Retained surgical sponge can present early as abscess formation and septic complications or follow a silent course for many years to present later as intestinal obstruction, fistula formation or simply be extruded through ...

Endometriosis as a cause of intestinal obstruction.

Since Sampson (I92I) described a case of endometrioma of the sigmoid colon, increased interest has been taken by surgeons in extragenital endometriosis. The site where this condition is most liable to give rise to complications is in the intestine where small and large bowel obstruction may result from the cyclic haemorrhages around and in the endometrial glands and stroma. The end-result of th...