Bezoar-Related Ileus Secondary to Endoscopic Fragmentation

Bezoar is a hardened mass of food or foreign objects found in the gastrointestinal system, which occasionally causes obstruction and ileus. Bezoar, if present in the stomach, should generally be treated with conservative methods. During endoscopic treatment, bezoar is usually fragmented and removed....

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Main Authors: İbrahim İlker Öz, Sevil İlikhan, Muammer Bilici, Hatice Harmansa, Kemal Karakaya, Yücel Üstündağ
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Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2015-12-01
Series:İstanbul Medical Journal
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spelling doaj-fd7843ba9803440a9ed917ed9708a5372020-11-25T01:07:36ZengGalenos Yayineviİstanbul Medical Journal2619-97932148-094X2015-12-0116415515710.5152/imj.2015.4210413049054Bezoar-Related Ileus Secondary to Endoscopic Fragmentationİbrahim İlker Öz0Sevil İlikhan1Muammer Bilici2Hatice Harmansa3Kemal Karakaya4Yücel Üstündağ5 Department of Radiology, Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Türkiye Department of Internal Medicine, Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Türkiye Department of Internal Medicine, Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Türkiye Department of Internal Medicine, Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Türkiye Department of Surgery, Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Türkiye Department of Gastroenterology, Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Türkiye Bezoar is a hardened mass of food or foreign objects found in the gastrointestinal system, which occasionally causes obstruction and ileus. Bezoar, if present in the stomach, should generally be treated with conservative methods. During endoscopic treatment, bezoar is usually fragmented and removed. An uncommon complication of endoscopic treatment is gastrointestinal obstruction because of unremoved fragments. We report a 78-year-old female with ileus after endoscopic fragmentation of bezoar. http://imj.galenos.com.tr/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/bezoar-related-leus-secondary-to-endoscopic-fragme/20929 Bezoarileusendoscopic treatment
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author İbrahim İlker Öz
Sevil İlikhan
Muammer Bilici
Hatice Harmansa
Kemal Karakaya
Yücel Üstündağ
spellingShingle İbrahim İlker Öz
Sevil İlikhan
Muammer Bilici
Hatice Harmansa
Kemal Karakaya
Yücel Üstündağ
Bezoar-Related Ileus Secondary to Endoscopic Fragmentation
İstanbul Medical Journal
Bezoar
ileus
endoscopic treatment
author_facet İbrahim İlker Öz
Sevil İlikhan
Muammer Bilici
Hatice Harmansa
Kemal Karakaya
Yücel Üstündağ
author_sort İbrahim İlker Öz
title Bezoar-Related Ileus Secondary to Endoscopic Fragmentation
title_short Bezoar-Related Ileus Secondary to Endoscopic Fragmentation
title_full Bezoar-Related Ileus Secondary to Endoscopic Fragmentation
title_fullStr Bezoar-Related Ileus Secondary to Endoscopic Fragmentation
title_full_unstemmed Bezoar-Related Ileus Secondary to Endoscopic Fragmentation
title_sort bezoar-related ileus secondary to endoscopic fragmentation
publisher Galenos Yayinevi
series İstanbul Medical Journal
issn 2619-9793
2148-094X
publishDate 2015-12-01
description Bezoar is a hardened mass of food or foreign objects found in the gastrointestinal system, which occasionally causes obstruction and ileus. Bezoar, if present in the stomach, should generally be treated with conservative methods. During endoscopic treatment, bezoar is usually fragmented and removed. An uncommon complication of endoscopic treatment is gastrointestinal obstruction because of unremoved fragments. We report a 78-year-old female with ileus after endoscopic fragmentation of bezoar.
topic Bezoar
ileus
endoscopic treatment
url http://imj.galenos.com.tr/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/bezoar-related-leus-secondary-to-endoscopic-fragme/20929
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