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"Postgastrectomy" bezoar secondary to gastric cancer
1Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Phytobezoars are frequently associated with partial gastrectomy and are generally considered benign. However, we report two patients who developed a gastric bezoar due to malignancy at the anastomotic site. Development of intragastric bezoar may be an indication of neoplastic growth sufficient to obstruct a small gastric outlet. Consequently, we conclude that endoscopic or surgical evaluation of the anastomotic site is necessary in patients who develop bezoars after gastric surgery.