Introduction It is well known that eating disorders are related to comorbidity. At least, half of these patients have other mental and, in addition it, the presence physical comorbidity (cardiovascular, kidney, nervous system, digestive tract, metabolic or endocrine disorders) comes with a decline life expectancy. Objectives Description patient diagnosis anorexia nervosa (AN) who developed gast...

She also complained of a sensation of abdominal bloating and some subjective weight loss. She denied any fever, constipation, or diarrhea. She did not report any hematemesis or melena. Her past medical history included a Billroth II procedure with Roux-en-Y revision for an anastomotic bleed, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and stroke with residual ...

She also complained of a sensation of abdominal bloating and some subjective weight loss. She denied any fever, constipation, or diarrhea. She did not report any hematemesis or melena. Her past medical history included a Billroth II procedure with Roux-en-Y revision for an anastomotic bleed, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and stroke with residual ...

INTRODUCTION Patients with mechanical small-bowel obstructions usually present with abdominal pain, vomiting, absolute constipation and varying degrees of abdominal distention. Causes can be classified as benign or malignant, or as extra- or intraluminal. A bezoar occurs most commonly in patients with impaired gastrointestinal motility. In edentulous older patients with abnormal food habits, it...

Bezoars are partially digested conglomerates of fibres and foreign materials found in the gastro intestinal tract. Although they are common in lower vertebrates but there incidence in human being is rare. Bezoars in human beings can present with varied clinical signs and symptoms like colicky abdominal pain or intestinal obstruction or they may be silent and asymptomatic. In this case study we ...

We report a case of 2 years old male child who presented with acute intestinal obstruction with palpable and mobile mass in the abdomen. He was diagnosed as a case of intestinal obstruction due to phytobezoar containing cotton threads. Surgical intervention is the treatment of choice for such conditions. Small bowel obstruction due to bezoar made of hair cotton threads is extremely rare. These ...