Small bowel obstruction with multiple perforations due to enterolith (bezoar) formed without gastrointestinal pathology.
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چکیده
An enterolith (bezoar) usually originates in an intestinal diverticulum or in a segment of bowel loculated by stricture formation. Stasis promotes its formation. This communication describes a case in which a large enterolith caused obstruction and multiple perforations of the terminal ileum in the absence of any predisposing gastrointestinal pathology. The management of this rare occurrence is discussed and the literature reviewed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 66 780 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990