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

• Autor(es): Brito, Mariana ; Mocanu, Irina ; Nunes, Ana ; Fonseca, Jorge
• Data: 2022
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/59919
• Origem: Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL
• Assunto(s): bezoars; small bowel obstruction; GI endoscopy
• Tipo de Documento: Contributo em revista
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): Repositório Comum

Descrição

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.