Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature
Bezoar is defined as the accumulation of undigested foreign bodies or nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract. These foreign bodies can be hair (trichobezoar), fibers or seeds of vegetables and fruits (phytobezoar), or remnants of milk (lactobezoar) and stones (lithobezoar). Lithobezoar, the accumul...
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| author | Metin Şenol Zehra Ünal Özdemir İbrahim Tayfun Şahiner Hakan Özdemir |
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| description | Bezoar is defined as the accumulation of undigested foreign bodies or nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract. These foreign bodies can be hair (trichobezoar), fibers or seeds of vegetables and fruits (phytobezoar), or remnants of milk (lactobezoar) and stones (lithobezoar). Lithobezoar, the accumulation of stones in the digestive tract, is commonly seen in stomach. In this paper, a 7-year-old girl with colonic lithobezoar who presented with constipation, abdominal pain, and the history of pica was successfully treated by the extraction of the stones under general anesthesia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2a8f3a6bf128443b837df61585e9a8fc2025-02-03T05:58:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112013-01-01201310.1155/2013/854975854975Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the LiteratureMetin Şenol0Zehra Ünal Özdemir1İbrahim Tayfun Şahiner2Hakan Özdemir3Department of General Surgery, Nevşehir State Hospital, 50000 Nevsehir, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Nevşehir State Hospital, 50000 Nevsehir, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Nevşehir State Hospital, 50000 Nevsehir, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Nevşehir State Hospital, 50000 Nevsehir, TurkeyBezoar is defined as the accumulation of undigested foreign bodies or nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract. These foreign bodies can be hair (trichobezoar), fibers or seeds of vegetables and fruits (phytobezoar), or remnants of milk (lactobezoar) and stones (lithobezoar). Lithobezoar, the accumulation of stones in the digestive tract, is commonly seen in stomach. In this paper, a 7-year-old girl with colonic lithobezoar who presented with constipation, abdominal pain, and the history of pica was successfully treated by the extraction of the stones under general anesthesia.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/854975 |
| spellingShingle | Metin Şenol Zehra Ünal Özdemir İbrahim Tayfun Şahiner Hakan Özdemir Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Intestinal Obstruction due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | intestinal obstruction due to colonic lithobezoar a case report and a review of the literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/854975 |
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