Gastric Bezoar: Cause of Weight Loss in a Patient With Previous Bariatric Surgery

Gastric bezoar is a concretion of undigested material found in the stomach and is classified by its composition. Patients may remain asymptomatic or present with a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is required to establish the diagnosis. Treatment options include...

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Autores principales: Alemam, Ahmed, Shin, Dongmin, Balar, Bhavna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8723780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35003973
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20139
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description Gastric bezoar is a concretion of undigested material found in the stomach and is classified by its composition. Patients may remain asymptomatic or present with a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is required to establish the diagnosis. Treatment options include chemical dissolution, endoscopic removal, or surgical removal. Here, we present a rare case of gastric bezoar in a patient with a remote history of bariatric surgery presenting with acute weight loss.
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spelling pubmed-87237802022-01-06 Gastric Bezoar: Cause of Weight Loss in a Patient With Previous Bariatric Surgery Alemam, Ahmed Shin, Dongmin Balar, Bhavna Cureus Internal Medicine Gastric bezoar is a concretion of undigested material found in the stomach and is classified by its composition. Patients may remain asymptomatic or present with a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is required to establish the diagnosis. Treatment options include chemical dissolution, endoscopic removal, or surgical removal. Here, we present a rare case of gastric bezoar in a patient with a remote history of bariatric surgery presenting with acute weight loss. Cureus 2021-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8723780/ /pubmed/35003973 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20139 Text en Copyright © 2021, Alemam et al. https://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 author and source are credited.
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Alemam, Ahmed
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Gastric Bezoar: Cause of Weight Loss in a Patient With Previous Bariatric Surgery
title Gastric Bezoar: Cause of Weight Loss in a Patient With Previous Bariatric Surgery
title_full Gastric Bezoar: Cause of Weight Loss in a Patient With Previous Bariatric Surgery
title_fullStr Gastric Bezoar: Cause of Weight Loss in a Patient With Previous Bariatric Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Gastric Bezoar: Cause of Weight Loss in a Patient With Previous Bariatric Surgery
title_short Gastric Bezoar: Cause of Weight Loss in a Patient With Previous Bariatric Surgery
title_sort gastric bezoar: cause of weight loss in a patient with previous bariatric surgery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8723780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35003973
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20139
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