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Acute Cholecystitis Masking a Gastric Bezoar
A bezoar is a solid mass of indigestible material that usually forms in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Gastric bezoars, located in the stomach, can present variably. They can be asymptomatic or present with GI symptoms like nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or more serious complications, such as G...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8967111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35386171 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22673 |
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author | Chaudhry, Manahil Iqbal, Noreena Malik, Ayesha |
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description | A bezoar is a solid mass of indigestible material that usually forms in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Gastric bezoars, located in the stomach, can present variably. They can be asymptomatic or present with GI symptoms like nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or more serious complications, such as GI obstruction or perforation. Diagnostic modalities are mainly radiological, and treatment may either be conservative or interventional. Herein, we disclose the case of a 47-year-old female who presented with a two-week history of abdominal pain with an incidental finding of a possible gastric phytobezoar, co-existing with gallbladder disease. Although not previously reported, this study highlights the possibility of an association between gallbladder disease and the formation of a bezoar. |
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spelling | pubmed-89671112022-04-05 Acute Cholecystitis Masking a Gastric Bezoar Chaudhry, Manahil Iqbal, Noreena Malik, Ayesha Cureus Internal Medicine A bezoar is a solid mass of indigestible material that usually forms in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Gastric bezoars, located in the stomach, can present variably. They can be asymptomatic or present with GI symptoms like nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or more serious complications, such as GI obstruction or perforation. Diagnostic modalities are mainly radiological, and treatment may either be conservative or interventional. Herein, we disclose the case of a 47-year-old female who presented with a two-week history of abdominal pain with an incidental finding of a possible gastric phytobezoar, co-existing with gallbladder disease. Although not previously reported, this study highlights the possibility of an association between gallbladder disease and the formation of a bezoar. Cureus 2022-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8967111/ /pubmed/35386171 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22673 Text en Copyright © 2022, Chaudhry 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. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Chaudhry, Manahil Iqbal, Noreena Malik, Ayesha Acute Cholecystitis Masking a Gastric Bezoar |
title | Acute Cholecystitis Masking a Gastric Bezoar |
title_full | Acute Cholecystitis Masking a Gastric Bezoar |
title_fullStr | Acute Cholecystitis Masking a Gastric Bezoar |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Cholecystitis Masking a Gastric Bezoar |
title_short | Acute Cholecystitis Masking a Gastric Bezoar |
title_sort | acute cholecystitis masking a gastric bezoar |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8967111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35386171 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22673 |
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