Multiple bezoars causing small bowel obstruction : a unique case of resolution with upper and low GI endoscopy

• Author(s): Brito, Mariana ; Mocanu, Irina ; Nunes, Ana ; Fonseca, Jorge
• Date: 2022
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/59919
• Origin: Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL
• Subject(s): bezoars; small bowel obstruction; GI endoscopy
• Document Type: Contribution to journal
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Comum

Description

Reports of obstructing foreign bodies in the small bowel are rare and the majority describe surgical resolution. We report a case of successful endoscopic treatment of a small bowel obstruction (SBO) caused by multiple bezoars. A 92-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department with a history of persistent vomiting. Computed tomography (CT) showed gastric distension and an intraluminal ovaloid foreign body with a heterogenous density in the second portion of the duodenum, suggestive of bezoar.