INTRODUCTION Gastric bezoars are a rare condition associated with situations of gastric dysmotility and prior gastric surgery, though sometimes they can present without any risk factor. We describe the first successful treatment in medical literature of a large gastric bezoar in the outpatient setting through endoscopic fragmentation. CASE PRESENTATION A 76-year-old man was referred to our ou...

the possibility that the symptoms of cholecystitis develop as part of a more extensive syndrome, some authors propose conservative management, withdrawing the triggering agent and administering anti-inflammatory treatment. In general, it is understandable that eosinophilic cholecystitis should not be considered an entity per se because clinically it presents as cholecystitis without specific sy...

bezoar, an illness known for a long time is nowadays the subject of renewed interest. this is due to the fact that it may occur as a complication of the gastric operations now used with increasing frequency. a case of phytobezoar after vagotomy and pyloroplasty for peptic ulcer is reported. the patient recovered with normal medical treatment. codifying the etiology, pathogeny and treatment has ...

Phytobezoars are a rare cause of small-bowel obstruction and an accurate preoperative diagnosis is very difficult. After diagnosis, the majority of patients in this study underwent surgery. The conventional management of small-bowel obstruction is done by laparotomy. Many studies have demonstrated that laparoscopy can be an alternative to laparotomy for the treatment of small-bowel obstruction ...