Geophagia: An extraordinary cause of perforation of the sigmoid colon

Surgery. 2012 Jul;152(1):136-7. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.06.033. Epub 2011 Sep 22.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Colon, Sigmoid* / diagnostic imaging
  • Colon, Sigmoid* / surgery
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pica / complications*
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Rectum / diagnostic imaging
  • Rectum / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome