1997
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900198
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Small bowel obstruction secondary to bezoar: CT diagnosis

Abstract: Two cases of small bowel obstruction secondary to phytobezoar diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) and confirmed at surgery are presented. CT findings were dilated intestinal loops and an intraluminal mass with air bubbles retained in its interstices, resulting in a mottled appearance. We propose that definite diagnosis of small bowel bezoar can be made on the basis of these CT findings.

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“…Em adultos sua formação é favorecida por procedimentos cirúrgi-cos pregressos em estômago, problemas de mastigação, estase gástrica ou hipotireoidismo [47][48][49][50] , ou ainda distúrbios psiquiátricos. A CT abdome pode auxiliar no diagnóstico [51][52][53] , mas mesmo assim o diagnóstico de obstrução intestinal por bezoar é difícil, e por esta razão freqüentemente é feito apenas durante as laparotomias.…”
Section: Obstrução De Intestino Delgado Provocada Por Bezoarunclassified
“…Em adultos sua formação é favorecida por procedimentos cirúrgi-cos pregressos em estômago, problemas de mastigação, estase gástrica ou hipotireoidismo [47][48][49][50] , ou ainda distúrbios psiquiátricos. A CT abdome pode auxiliar no diagnóstico [51][52][53] , mas mesmo assim o diagnóstico de obstrução intestinal por bezoar é difícil, e por esta razão freqüentemente é feito apenas durante as laparotomias.…”
Section: Obstrução De Intestino Delgado Provocada Por Bezoarunclassified
“…4 In the present case, the formation of phytobezoar was related to the ingestion of Aloe vera and diabetic gastroparesis. Aloe vera is rich in fiber, lignins, and tannic acid.…”
Section: 홍인택 등 알로에 베라 위석에 의한 소장 폐색 증례 보고mentioning
confidence: 84%
“…2 Patients with small bowel bezoars usually remain asymptomatic for many years and develop symptoms insidiously. Although computed tomography (CT) is a useful method in diagnosing the cause of small bowel obstruction, 4 small bowel obstruction caused by bezoars are often not detected by an abdominal CT examination.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our patient's bezoar was located 40 cm proximal to the valve and no concurrent gastric bezoar was detected at endoscopy. Early surgery may be required for definitive therapy of small bowel bezoars because they can provoke ulceration, perforation, necrosis of the adjacent bowel, and even strangulation if diagnosis is delayed [22,8].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…B. Dilaghi: Radiologists, in the emergency setting, should be alerted to the probability of a clinically unsuspected obstructing phytobezoar in the appropriate clinical setting of an adult man with previous gastric surgery or a suggestive dietary history, and should search for the diagnostic ovoid, mottled intraluminal mass at the site of the obstruction. Figure 3 shows this ambiguous finding [8].…”
Section: Dr S Vannimentioning
confidence: 97%