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

Colonic lithobezoar, a rare cause of ileus

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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.

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Bezoar , lithobezoar , ileus

Cumhuriyet Medical Journal

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