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"Bezoar Egg"-A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction.

Stefan MilosevicJelena Djokic KovacLjubica LazicMilica Mitrovic JovanovicKatarina StosicDragan BasaricBoris S TadicStefan StojkovicSlobodan RasicNenad IvanovicOgnjan Skrobic
Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Small bowel obstruction is a frequent medical condition with various causes, the most common being postoperative adhesions, volvulus, intussusception, hernias, and tumors. A bezoar-induced blockage of the small intestine is a rare condition that accounts for approximately 4% of all small bowel obstruction cases. Herein, we present the case report of a 71-year-old patient with diffuse abdominal pain caused by a small bowel obstruction due to a calcified bezoar (bezoar egg) resulting from a post-radiation intestinal stricture. The patient underwent a small bowel excision with the extraction of the bezoar, after which a full recovery was made.
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