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Bezoar: an unusual palpable mass in the right iliac fossa.

A Armstrong1, J Coulston2, P Mackey2, C Saxby2, I Eyre-Brook2.   

Abstract

A 64-year-old gentleman presented with a 12-h history of right iliac fossa pain. On examination, the patient had a tender 8 × 6 cm mass in the right iliac fossa with localised peritonitis. The working diagnosis at this time was an appendix mass or caecal cancer. A computed tomography scan revealed the characteristic 'bird's nest' appearance of a bezoar. On further questioning, the patient confessed to regularly 'binging' on grapes. The patient described passing the mass and his symptoms completely resolved. This appears to be the only documented case of a bezoar affecting the ascending colon.

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Keywords:  Bezoar; Bowel obstruction; Colon; Peritonitis

Year:  2013        PMID: 25829720      PMCID: PMC4376833          DOI: 10.1007/s12262-013-0819-2

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Surg        ISSN: 0973-9793            Impact factor:   0.656


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1.  Relapsing altered mental status secondary to a meprobamate bezoar.

Authors:  Roy Neal Davis; Jonathan A Rettmann; Brent Christensen
Journal:  J Trauma       Date:  2006-10

Review 2.  Rapunzel's syndrome: gastric bezoars and endoscopic management.

Authors:  Joshua D Hall; Vanessa M Shami
Journal:  Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am       Date:  2006-01

3.  Gastrointestinal bezoars.

Authors:  R Robles; P Parrilla; C Escamilla; J A Lujan; J A Torralba; R Liron; A Moreno
Journal:  Br J Surg       Date:  1994-07       Impact factor: 6.939

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