Phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase

Bezoars are uncommon diseases caused by the presence of indigestible mass of strange material in the gastrointestinal tract. Gold-standard treatment remains unclear and there are not clinical guidelines to follow. We present a very rare case of 53-year-old man suffering phytobezoar in a gastroplasty...

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Autores principales: Pinos, Nathalie, Moreno-Merino, Sergio, Congregado, Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26094056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.05.008
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author Pinos, Nathalie
Moreno-Merino, Sergio
Congregado, Miguel
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description Bezoars are uncommon diseases caused by the presence of indigestible mass of strange material in the gastrointestinal tract. Gold-standard treatment remains unclear and there are not clinical guidelines to follow. We present a very rare case of 53-year-old man suffering phytobezoar in a gastroplasty after oesophagectomy due to aloe vera ingestion as natural medicine. Finally it was solved with cellulase. Therefore, this is a scarcely complication after esophagectomy. Cellulase is a very good option to treat phytobezoar avoiding reintervention in this kind of patient.
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spelling pubmed-45296072015-08-11 Phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase Pinos, Nathalie Moreno-Merino, Sergio Congregado, Miguel Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report Bezoars are uncommon diseases caused by the presence of indigestible mass of strange material in the gastrointestinal tract. Gold-standard treatment remains unclear and there are not clinical guidelines to follow. We present a very rare case of 53-year-old man suffering phytobezoar in a gastroplasty after oesophagectomy due to aloe vera ingestion as natural medicine. Finally it was solved with cellulase. Therefore, this is a scarcely complication after esophagectomy. Cellulase is a very good option to treat phytobezoar avoiding reintervention in this kind of patient. Elsevier 2015-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4529607/ /pubmed/26094056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.05.008 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase
title Phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase
title_full Phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase
title_fullStr Phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase
title_full_unstemmed Phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase
title_short Phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase
title_sort phytobezoar by aloe vera as long term complication after oesophagectomy resolved using cellulase
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26094056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.05.008
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