NUTS IN THE GUT - A BIZARRE CASE OF SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
Kamran Raza, Elena Ong, Darren J. Porter*, Natalia Albuquerque, Zorica Vujovic
ABSTRACT
Small bowel obstruction is a common cause of general surgical admission that often requires surgical intervention. A phytobezoar is a mass of partially digested or undigested food within the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract. Bezoars are rare causes of small bowel obstruction, however, serious complications of bezoars in the small intestine include ischaemia, haemorrhage, perforation and fistula formation. Abdominal CT scans are used in the diagnosis of bezoars, and treatment of small bowel bezoars includes endoscopic or surgical extraction of the bezoar with possible small bowel resection.
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