Literature DB >> 10427348

Sigmoid colon perforation due to geophagia.

Y Ilhan1, C Cifter, O Doğru, M A Akkuş.   

Abstract

Geophagia can be a problem in mentally handicapped patients. This case report presents a 71-year-old mentally handicapped women who had to be operated in emergency for colonic perforation due to geophagia.

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Year:  1999        PMID： 10427348

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Acta Chir Belg        ISSN： 0001-5458            Impact factor:   1.090


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1.  Geophagia in Transkei region of South Africa: case reports.

Authors:  B L Meel
Journal:  Afr Health Sci       Date:  2012-12       Impact factor: 0.927

2.  Geophagia: the history of earth-eating.

Authors:  Alexander Woywodt; Akos Kiss
Journal:  J R Soc Med       Date:  2002-03       Impact factor: 18.000

3.  Lithophagia as a clue for celiac disease: a case report and literature review.

Authors:  Mosayeb Shahryar; Iraj Shahramian; Seyed Mohsen Dehghani; NoorMohammad Noori; Maryam Ataollahi
Journal:  Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench       Date:  2017
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