Small bowel obstruction exacerbated by barium sulfate administration
Autor: | Philip L. McCarthy, Jesse L. Cox, Karen L. Pennington, Samuel M. Cohen, Vishal Kothari, Whitney L. Reid |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Surgical resection medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Radiography medicine.disease Pathology and Forensic Medicine Bowel obstruction 03 medical and health sciences Barium sulfate chemistry.chemical_compound 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine chemistry 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis lcsh:Pathology medicine Radiology business lcsh:RB1-214 |
Zdroj: | Human Pathology: Case Reports, Vol 17, Iss, Pp-(2019) |
ISSN: | 2214-3300 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ehpc.2019.200315 |
Popis: | Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a commonly encountered medical condition, typically a result of extrinsic causes, including post-operative adhesions. Less frequently, intrinsic and intraluminal factors may cause obstruction. Barium sulfate is a widely used contrast agent for radiography of suspected SBO, though it is rarely encountered in histologic sections and is an uncommon cause of SBO. Here, we present a case of a patient with several risk factors for SBO who received routine diagnostic imaging. Surgical resection revealed gross adhesions and histology showed intraluminal foreign material, determined to be barium sulfate by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. Keywords: Small bowel obstruction, Barium sulfate, Dysmotility |
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