Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by an Aggressive Weight Loss Diet in a Patient With No Predisposing Factors

Phytobezoars are a well-documented cause of small bowel obstruction. Previous reports include patients who have predisposing factors such as gastric surgery, diabetes mellitus, or poor dentition. Consequences of extreme dieting have also been reported, but a resultant phytobezoar and life-threatenin...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hassranah, Samara C, Ramnarine, Aryaa, Parbhu, Sangeeta, Naraynsingh, Vijay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9840865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654594
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32594
_version_ 1784869706353606656
author Hassranah, Samara C
Ramnarine, Aryaa
Parbhu, Sangeeta
Naraynsingh, Vijay
author_facet Hassranah, Samara C
Ramnarine, Aryaa
Parbhu, Sangeeta
Naraynsingh, Vijay
author_sort Hassranah, Samara C
collection PubMed
description Phytobezoars are a well-documented cause of small bowel obstruction. Previous reports include patients who have predisposing factors such as gastric surgery, diabetes mellitus, or poor dentition. Consequences of extreme dieting have also been reported, but a resultant phytobezoar and life-threatening bowel obstruction are rare. We present a case of phytobezoar solely due to a diet inordinately high in fiber.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9840865
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Cureus
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-98408652023-01-17 Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by an Aggressive Weight Loss Diet in a Patient With No Predisposing Factors Hassranah, Samara C Ramnarine, Aryaa Parbhu, Sangeeta Naraynsingh, Vijay Cureus Gastroenterology Phytobezoars are a well-documented cause of small bowel obstruction. Previous reports include patients who have predisposing factors such as gastric surgery, diabetes mellitus, or poor dentition. Consequences of extreme dieting have also been reported, but a resultant phytobezoar and life-threatening bowel obstruction are rare. We present a case of phytobezoar solely due to a diet inordinately high in fiber. Cureus 2022-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9840865/ /pubmed/36654594 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32594 Text en Copyright © 2022, Hassranah 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 Gastroenterology
Hassranah, Samara C
Ramnarine, Aryaa
Parbhu, Sangeeta
Naraynsingh, Vijay
Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by an Aggressive Weight Loss Diet in a Patient With No Predisposing Factors
title Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by an Aggressive Weight Loss Diet in a Patient With No Predisposing Factors
title_full Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by an Aggressive Weight Loss Diet in a Patient With No Predisposing Factors
title_fullStr Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by an Aggressive Weight Loss Diet in a Patient With No Predisposing Factors
title_full_unstemmed Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by an Aggressive Weight Loss Diet in a Patient With No Predisposing Factors
title_short Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by an Aggressive Weight Loss Diet in a Patient With No Predisposing Factors
title_sort small bowel obstruction caused by an aggressive weight loss diet in a patient with no predisposing factors
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9840865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654594
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32594
work_keys_str_mv AT hassranahsamarac smallbowelobstructioncausedbyanaggressiveweightlossdietinapatientwithnopredisposingfactors
AT ramnarinearyaa smallbowelobstructioncausedbyanaggressiveweightlossdietinapatientwithnopredisposingfactors
AT parbhusangeeta smallbowelobstructioncausedbyanaggressiveweightlossdietinapatientwithnopredisposingfactors
AT naraynsinghvijay smallbowelobstructioncausedbyanaggressiveweightlossdietinapatientwithnopredisposingfactors

Ejemplares similares