[Shall bowel obstruction caused by phytobezoar. Case report]

G Chir. 2005 May;26(5):218-20.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Bezoars are masses of indigestible material which form in the stomach. Their genesis depends on the kind of food ingested, on the presence of anomalies of the small bowel and on psychiatric disturbs. Phytobezoar rarely causes bowel obstruction and its most frequent location is the ileocecal valve. The risk increases in those patients who have undergone gastric surgery or present a reduced masticatory ability. Moreover, the genesis can be also caused by endocrine disorders.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bezoars / complications*
  • Bezoars / diagnostic imaging
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Ileal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Ileal Diseases / etiology*
  • Ileal Diseases / surgery
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
  • Laparotomy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome