Acute small bowel obstruction due to chicken bone bezoar

Acute intestinal obstruction due to foreign bodies, or bezoar, is a rare occurrence in an adult with a normal intestinal tract. We report an unusual case of a 43-year-old black man with no previous abdominal surgery and no significant medical history who presented with an acute episode of small bowe...

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Autores principales: Vetpillai, Preadeepan, Oshowo, Ayo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23754931
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S28514
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description Acute intestinal obstruction due to foreign bodies, or bezoar, is a rare occurrence in an adult with a normal intestinal tract. We report an unusual case of a 43-year-old black man with no previous abdominal surgery and no significant medical history who presented with an acute episode of small bowel obstruction due to an impacted undigested chicken bone.
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spelling pubmed-36582622013-06-10 Acute small bowel obstruction due to chicken bone bezoar Vetpillai, Preadeepan Oshowo, Ayo Int Med Case Rep J Case Report Acute intestinal obstruction due to foreign bodies, or bezoar, is a rare occurrence in an adult with a normal intestinal tract. We report an unusual case of a 43-year-old black man with no previous abdominal surgery and no significant medical history who presented with an acute episode of small bowel obstruction due to an impacted undigested chicken bone. Dove Medical Press 2012-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3658262/ /pubmed/23754931 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S28514 Text en © 2012 Vetpillai and Oshowo, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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