Colonic phytobezoar as a rare cause of large bowel obstruction

Phytobezoar: a rare cause of small bowel obstruction.

Phytobezoar is an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction. It accounts for about 0.4%-4% of all mechanical bowel obstruction. However, the symptoms are not very different from those caused by usual aetiologies of small bowel obstruction. The commonest site of obstruction is terminal ileum. Treatment of small bowel obstruction due to Phytobezoar is surgery. Prevention includes avoidance of high...

Phytobezoar: a rare cause of acute small bowel obstruction in an innocent abdomen.

Bezoars are abnormal concretions of indigestible organic material in the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract. They are named according to the predominant component material, for example, hair-trichobezoar and plant substancephytobezoar. Trichobezoars are the commonest type of bezoars. Phytobezoar is a rare type of intestinal bezoar and is defined as a compact mass of fibers, peels, seeds, leave...

Unexpected cause of large bowel obstruction: colonic bezoar.

A rare cause of acute abdomen: small bowel obstruction due to phytobezoar.

BACKGROUND Phytobezoars are a rare cause of acute small bowel obstruction. The aim of this work was to identify the diagnostic difficulties and treatment of this rare entity. METHODS Data of 14 patients operated between January 1999-January 2009 with small bowel phytobezoar were retrospectively studied. The patients (n=432) were treated in our clinic for small bowel obstructions. Of these, 14...

Sigmoid gallstone ileus: a rare cause of large bowel obstruction.

DESCRIPTION A91-year-oldwoman presentedwith abdominal distension and pain. She had not vomited and opened her bowels only with scanty stool. On examination she was tachycardic with a distended abdomen with left-sided tenderness. On admission her C reactive protein was 77 mg/l, white cell count of 9.9×10l and normal liver function tests. Abdominal plain films revealed dilated large bowel. Subseq...