Vegetable bezoar simulating a malignant mass in the colon.
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چکیده
A bezoar is a tightly packed mass of undi− gested material that can be found any− where within the gastrointestinal tract, from the esophagus to the rectum. Be− zoars are most commonly found in the stomach but they occasionally form in the colon [1]. We report a 37−year−old man with what appeared to be a colonic mass but which was in fact a bezoar in the transverse colon that had been caused by watermelon.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Endoscopy
دوره 38 Suppl 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006