Small Bowel Obstruction in a Virgin Abdomen: A Case Report

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a major cause of morbidity and financial burden in hospitals around the world. Foreign body (FB) ingestion as a cause is rare. While most cases are straight forward, some can be extremely subtle. We present a case of SBO caused by an undigested piece of pineapple cor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ahmed, Mohamed, Habis, Saba, Saeed, Rasha, Mahmoud, Ahmed, Attar, Naseem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6609295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31309019
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4594
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Sumario:Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a major cause of morbidity and financial burden in hospitals around the world. Foreign body (FB) ingestion as a cause is rare. While most cases are straight forward, some can be extremely subtle. We present a case of SBO caused by an undigested piece of pineapple core.

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