A Case of Intestinal Obstruction Due to Reassembly after Endoscopic Crushing of a Bezoar

An 87-year-old woman visited her primary-care doctor because of nausea and epigastric pain. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) revealed a giant bezoar in her stomach. She was referred to our hospital after carbonated beverage dissolution proved ineffective and underwent endoscopic mechanical crushing....

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal Medicine 2023, pp.1582-23
Hauptverfasser: Korekawa, Kai, Orikasa, Masayuki, Kunimitsu, Atsushi
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Zusammenfassung:An 87-year-old woman visited her primary-care doctor because of nausea and epigastric pain. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) revealed a giant bezoar in her stomach. She was referred to our hospital after carbonated beverage dissolution proved ineffective and underwent endoscopic mechanical crushing. After crushing, the symptoms disappeared, and she began eating. Later, however, the crushed fragments reassembled in the duodenal bulb and caused intestinal obstruction. The patient underwent emergency EGD for crushing once more, and all of the fragments were extracted from the body. This case highlights the need for bezoars to be removed from the body after crushing in order to avoid reassembly.
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.1582-23