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Published on: March 5, 2018
Multiple bezoars causing small bowel obstruction: a unique case of resolution with upper and low GI endoscopy
Mariana Brito1, Irina Mocanu2, Ana Nunes3
1Gastroenterology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Portugal.
Abstract:
Reports of obstructing foreign bodies in the small bowel are rare and the majority describe surgical resolution. We report a case of successful endoscopic treatment of a small bowel obstruction (SBO) caused by multiple bezoars. A 92-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department with a history of persistent vomiting. Computed tomography (CT) showed gastric distension and an intraluminal ovaloid foreign body with a heterogenous density in the second portion of the duodenum, suggestive of bezoar.
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