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Hsuan-Wei Chen1, Heng-Cheng Chu
1Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Bezoars are concretions of foreign matter in the gastrointestinal tract which may cause nonspecific symptoms, including epigastric discomfort, early satiety, and constipation, and rarely gastrointestinal obstruction. We report a case in which the migration of bezoars led to secondary gastrointestinal obstruction. With endoscopy manipulation and chemical dissolution, such as with Coca-Cola, to disintegrate the gastric bezoars, the possibility that fragmented residuals may coalesce in the small intestine causing ileus should be considered when a patient presents with abdominal obstruction symptoms after these procedures. In this condition, abdominal plain film X-ray and computer tomography play important roles in timely diagnosis.
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