Metal Bezoars Causing Upper Gastrointestinal Obstruction in a Schizophrenic

Metal bezoars are uncommon foreign bodies (FB) in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and comprised of a wide variety of objects. A 17-year-old schizophrenic presented with abdominal pain and distension along with non-bilious vomiting for 2 weeks. Physical examination revealed dullness to percussion in...

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Autor principal: Siddiqui, Zaka ur Rab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22953281
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description Metal bezoars are uncommon foreign bodies (FB) in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and comprised of a wide variety of objects. A 17-year-old schizophrenic presented with abdominal pain and distension along with non-bilious vomiting for 2 weeks. Physical examination revealed dullness to percussion in the epigastrium. Plain radiographs revealed objects of metal density contained within a dilated stomach. Laparotomy was performed revealing metal objects in stomach. Keywords: Metal bezoars, Psychiatric illness, Intestinal obstruction How to Cite: Siddiqui Z. Metal bezoars causing upper gastrointestinal obstruction in a schizophrenic. APSP J Case Rep 2011; 2:14
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spelling pubmed-34180162012-09-05 Metal Bezoars Causing Upper Gastrointestinal Obstruction in a Schizophrenic Siddiqui, Zaka ur Rab APSP J Case Rep Case Report Metal bezoars are uncommon foreign bodies (FB) in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and comprised of a wide variety of objects. A 17-year-old schizophrenic presented with abdominal pain and distension along with non-bilious vomiting for 2 weeks. Physical examination revealed dullness to percussion in the epigastrium. Plain radiographs revealed objects of metal density contained within a dilated stomach. Laparotomy was performed revealing metal objects in stomach. Keywords: Metal bezoars, Psychiatric illness, Intestinal obstruction How to Cite: Siddiqui Z. Metal bezoars causing upper gastrointestinal obstruction in a schizophrenic. APSP J Case Rep 2011; 2:14 EL-MED-Pub 2011-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3418016/ /pubmed/22953281 Text en Copyright © 2011 Siddiqui Z. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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