| Literature DB >> 25100813 |
Bin Qin1, Xiao Long Wan1, Xiao Yan Guo1, Lei Dong1.
Abstract
Diospyrobezoars are a rare cause of small intestinal obstruction. A 78-year-old man, with a history of persimmons ingestion and gastrectomy, presented with upper abdominal pain and weight loss. The upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a huge bezoar in the stomach. After initial endoscopic fragmentation, the abdominal X-ray revealed intestinal obstruction and the colonoscopy showed large fragments of the bezoar filling the terminal ileum. The migrated bezoar pieces were successfully removed by endoscopic fragmentation with a cutting lithotripter. 2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25100813 PMCID: PMC4091296 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204966
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X