Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report

Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a case of a 79 year old man with a known benign anastomotic stricture presenting with large bowel obstruction. At laparotomy the obstruction was found to be caused by a large sesame seed bezoar. Seed bezoars are well known to cause impaction in the rect...

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Main Authors: Shaw Aidan G, Peacock Oliver, Lund Jonathan N, Tierney Gillian M, Larvin Mike, Speake William
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/1/1/159
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spelling doaj-b0059ec3152249e8b93820bcebf988f32020-11-25T01:57:11ZengBMCJournal of Medical Case Reports1752-19472007-11-011115910.1186/1752-1947-1-159Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case reportShaw Aidan GPeacock OliverLund Jonathan NTierney Gillian MLarvin MikeSpeake William<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a case of a 79 year old man with a known benign anastomotic stricture presenting with large bowel obstruction. At laparotomy the obstruction was found to be caused by a large sesame seed bezoar. Seed bezoars are well known to cause impaction in the rectum but have never been previously reported to cause large bowel obstruction. We recommend that patients with known large bowel strictures should be advised not to eat seeds as this could ultimately lead to obstruction, ischaemia or perforation.</p> http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/1/1/159
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author Shaw Aidan G
Peacock Oliver
Lund Jonathan N
Tierney Gillian M
Larvin Mike
Speake William
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Peacock Oliver
Lund Jonathan N
Tierney Gillian M
Larvin Mike
Speake William
Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Larvin Mike
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title Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report
title_short Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report
title_full Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report
title_fullStr Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report
title_sort large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report
publisher BMC
series Journal of Medical Case Reports
issn 1752-1947
publishDate 2007-11-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a case of a 79 year old man with a known benign anastomotic stricture presenting with large bowel obstruction. At laparotomy the obstruction was found to be caused by a large sesame seed bezoar. Seed bezoars are well known to cause impaction in the rectum but have never been previously reported to cause large bowel obstruction. We recommend that patients with known large bowel strictures should be advised not to eat seeds as this could ultimately lead to obstruction, ischaemia or perforation.</p>
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