A 17-year-old girl presented with bilious vomiting and abdominal pain to the surgery department. The history was positive for trichotillomania and trichophagia. A CT scan showed a mass in the stomach, which was highly suspicious for a gastric bezoar. Drooping parts of the bezoar caused a duodenal obstruction with secondary acute pancreatitis. The bezoar was removed via a laparoscopically perfor...

the bezoar, a dense material found in the stomach of wild goat, is widely used against various diseases including snakebite in traditional medicine among the southeast tribes of iran. this study was performed to evaluate the bezoar effect on experimental mice receiving 2% and 10% concentrations of natural crude of echis carinatus snake venom. various doses of bezoar (6, 50, 100 & 200 mg/kg/i.p)...

A phytobezoar is the most common type of bezoar, which is a gastrointestinal mass composed of vegetable. A persimmon is a common cause of a phytobezoar. The majority of bezoars are found in the stomach, with the small intestine being the next most commonly involved site. The colon is a rare site for a bezoar. Recently, we experienced a colonic bezoar that caused colonic obstruction in a 66-year...

a 13-year-old girl presented with a history of not being well during the past six months. the ultrasound examination showed an epigastric mass, which was diagnosed as a bezoar within the stomach in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. the patient was managed by operative evacuation. it was interesting that such a large bezoar did not cause any significant obstruction for the patient.

A 13-year-old girl presented with a history of not being well during the past six months. The ultrasound examination showed an epigastric mass, which was diagnosed as a bezoar within the stomach in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The patient was managed by operative evacuation. It was interesting that such a large bezoar did not cause any significant obstruction for the patient.

A bezoar is a concretion of foreign or indigestible matter in the alimentary canal and is usual cause of gastric obstruction. Bezoars can become fragmented and migrate downward leading to intestinal obstruction. Diagnosis of phytobezoar has become challenging in clinical practice due to lack of patient history and inability of patient to correlate preceding events with the episode of bowel obst...

An 86-year-old man, admitted for transarterial chemoembolization of a hepatoma, developed fever and acute renal failure following the procedure. He was given antibiotic therapy and oral calcium polystyrene sulfonate (30g daily) for hyperkalemia. After 1 week, the patient developed bilious vomiting with abdominal pain. An abdominal X-ray disclosed diffuse dilatation of the small bowel (●" Fig.1)...

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...

This case report describes an 11-year-old boy with a known esophageal bezoar admitted to surgery for esophagogas-troduodenoscopy with biopsy and possible removal of the bezoar. On induction, a copious amount of fluid and solid food particulate was noted in the posterior oropharynx, interfering with immediate intubation. After clearing of the oropharynx, the patient was intubated. A bronchoscopy...