| Autor: |
Coufal NG; University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093, USA., Kansagra AP, Doucet J, Lee J, Coimbra R, Bansal V |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Case reports in medicine [Case Rep Med] 2011; Vol. 2011, pp. 217570. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jun 07. |
| DOI: |
10.1155/2011/217570 |
| Abstrakt: |
We report the unusual case of a 45-year-old woman who presented with multiple episodes of small bowel obstruction. Initial exploratory lap-roscopy did not reveal an etiology of the obstruction. Subsequent upper endoscopy identified a non-obstructing gastric trichobezoar which could not be removed endoscopically but was not thought to be responsible for the small bowel obstruction given its location. One week postoperatively, the patient experienced recurrence of small bowel obstruction. Repeat endoscopy disclosed that the trichobezoar was no longer located in the stomach and upon repeat laparotomy was extracted from the mid-jejunum. In the following 8 months, the patient had no further episodes of small bowel obstruction. Consequently, gastric bezoars should be included in the differential diagnosis of recurrent small bowel obstruction. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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