Author/Authors
Özdemir, Hakan Nevsehir State Hospital - General Surgery Clinic, Turkey , Özdemir, Zehra Ünal Nevsehir State Hospital - General Surgery Clinic, Turkey , Şenol, Metin Nevsehir State Hospital - General Surgery Clinic, Turkey , Şahiner, İbrahim Tayfun Nevsehir State Hospital - General Surgery Clinic, Turkey
Title Of Article
Colonic lithobezoar, a rare cause of ileus
شماره ركورد
33395
Abstract
The accumulation of undigested foreign bodies or nutrients in gastrointestinal tract is named as bezoar. These foreign bodies can be hair (trichobezoar), fibers or seeds of vegetables and fruits (pythobezoar), remnants of milk (lactobezoar) and stones (lithobezoar). Lithobezoar is mostly seen in the stomach and rarely in the colon. Colonic lithobezoar is usually seen in iron deficiency anaemia, pica or psychologically ill patients. It can be the reason for mechanical intestinal obstruction and ileus at these patients. In this case, we present a 35-year-old schizophrene patient with colonic lithobezoar who presented by ileus.
From Page
101
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Bezoar , lithobezoar , ileus
JournalTitle
Cumhuriyet Medical Journal
To Page
104
JournalTitle
Cumhuriyet Medical Journal
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