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1Surgery, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUS.
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|March 14, 2022
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Bezoars are a rare and often overlooked cause of small bowel obstruction, arising from an accumulation of indigestible foreign material, often being plant-based in origin. The majority of these cases arise in a predictable patient subgroup. The author presents an unusual case of a small bowel obstruction arising from a chicken bone encased in feculent material in a patient with no classical risk factors for bezoar formation.
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