Phytobezoar-Induced Small-Bowel Obstruction Successfully Diagnosed and Treated by Single-Balloon Enteroscopy
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Intermittent small-bowel obstruction due to a mobile bezoar diagnosed with single-balloon enteroscopy.
tes mellitus had been having intermittent, cramping abdominal pain for 2months. He also had abdominal distension, which tended to improvespontaneously. Physical examination of the abdomen showedmild distension with decreasing bowel sounds. A small-bowel barium study showed delayed passage of the contrast medium and a dilated small bowel but nomechanical obstruction. Abdominal computed tomograph...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1542-3565
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.03.029