Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report

We report a case of a 79 year old man with a known benign anastomotic stricture presenting with large bowel obstruction. At laparotomy the obstruction was found to be caused by a large sesame seed bezoar. Seed bezoars are well known to cause impaction in the rectum but have never been previously rep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shaw, Aidan G, Peacock, Oliver, Lund, Jonathan N, Tierney, Gillian M, Larvin, Mike, Speake, William
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2216034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18047637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-159
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Sumario:We report a case of a 79 year old man with a known benign anastomotic stricture presenting with large bowel obstruction. At laparotomy the obstruction was found to be caused by a large sesame seed bezoar. Seed bezoars are well known to cause impaction in the rectum but have never been previously reported to cause large bowel obstruction. We recommend that patients with known large bowel strictures should be advised not to eat seeds as this could ultimately lead to obstruction, ischaemia or perforation.

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