A Case of Small Intestinal Obstruction Due to a Fragment of Gastric Phytobezoar / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
;
: 658-665, 1996.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-46465
ABSTRACT
Phytobezoar is rare disease in the stomach and small bowel of the patient without underlying previous gastroenterologic pathology. Because it usually occurs secondarily to peptic ulcer surgery, poor mastication, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism and connetive tissue disease. In morden medicine, phytobezoars found in the stomach and/or intestines in humans, are known to be associated with considerable morbidity and even mortality. Patients with gastric bezoar present with chronic postprandial epigastic pain, nausea, and vomitihg. It is diagnosed by endoscopic examination or radiologic study and treated by surgical removal or non-surgical methods including conservative treatment, enzymatic dissolution, and endoscopic removal. We have experienced a case of small intestinal obstruction due to a fragment of gastric bezoar of the patient without underlying etiologic cause. So we report the case with a brief review of literatures.
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Peptic Ulcer
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Stomach
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Bezoars
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Mortality
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Rare Diseases
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Hypothyroidism
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Intestinal Obstruction
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Intestines
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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