Bezoars are intraluminal conglomerates of indigestible foreign materials that accumulate in
the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. They consist of vegetable or fruit fibers, hairs or other …

Purpose: To describe our experience with phytobezoars, evaluate risk factors on treatment,
and analyze whether previous gastric surgery affects treatment outcomes. Methods: Medical …

Objective Bezoars are foreign bodies developed due to the swallowing of indigestible
substances in the stomach that accumulate in the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract. This …

Introduction Bezoars are intraluminal conglomerates of indigestible foreign materials that
accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract. We describe our experience with a patient with …

A 15-year-old girl was admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Department due to abdominal
discomfort, anorexia, diarrhea, emesis, and weight loss. An inflammatory bowel disease …

Introduction Bezoars and polyps are an uncommon cause of mechanical intestinal
obstruction. There are four different kinds of bezoars: phytobezoars, made of vegetables and …

Stone formation within the intestinal lumen is called enterolith. This stone can encroach into
the lumen causing obstruction and surgical emergency. Jejunal obstruction by an enterolith …

Introduction Afferent loop obstruction is an uncommon complication associated with Billroth
II reconstruction or Roux-en-Y reconstruction after gastrectomy. Moreover, cases where the …

Bezoar bowel obstruction is a rare entity and remains difficult to detect on imaging studies.
Recognition of its characteristic imaging pattern will be useful for diagnosis and …

A young adult black female, known to be a prostitute and suspected of smuggling narcotics,
was found dead in her apartment in a state of early decomposition. Oval‐shaped gray‐white …