Small-bowel obstruction owing to kitchen sponge eating as a pica behavior: A case report

Rika Yoshida; Shota Tanaka; Takeshi Yoshizako; Shinji Ando; Hidemitsu Mukumoto; Yoshikazu Takinami; Hajime Kitagaki

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2019.06.010

Small-bowel obstruction owing to kitchen sponge eating as a pica behavior: A case report

Radiol Case Rep. 2019 Jul 12;14(9):1100-1102. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2019.06.010. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Authors

Rika Yoshida¹, Shota Tanaka^{1

2}, Takeshi Yoshizako¹, Shinji Ando^{1

2}, Hidemitsu Mukumoto², Yoshikazu Takinami³, Hajime Kitagaki¹

Affiliations

¹ Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 89-1, Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan.
² Masuda Red Cross Hospital, Department of Radiology, Shimane, Japan.
³ Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency, Izumo, Shimane, Japan.

Abstract

Small-bowel feces sign is useful to detect the corresponding site of stenosis or obstruction in patients with moderate and high degrees of small-bowel obstruction. The CT findings of kitchen sponge are very similar to small-bowel feces sign. With careful image interpretation, it is possible to judge whether the cause of obstruction is sponge. We report a case of a 26-year-old man small-bowel obstruction due to kitchen sponge eating as pica behavior, focusing on image findings.

Keywords: CT; Pica; Small-bowel obstructions; Sponge eating.

Publication types

Case Reports