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Small bowel obstruction secondary to a plastic bezoar.

Sarah Li-Ling GohChristopher J SteenEnoch WongMonique Scott
Published in: BMJ case reports (2022)
We present a case of a small bowel obstruction secondary to a rare plastic bezoar. A man in their early 20s with autism and an intellectual disability presented with symptoms of small bowel obstruction. CT revealed very subtle signs and, despite passage of gastrografin, ongoing clinical suspicion led to operative management which confirmed the diagnoses of plastic bezoar.
Keyphrases
  • small bowel
  • intellectual disability
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • computed tomography
  • single cell
  • contrast enhanced
  • magnetic resonance
  • magnetic resonance imaging