Bezoars are accumulated foreign material that forms concretions in the gastrointestinal tract, inducing abdominal pain, constipation, obstruction, and even peritonitis. This case report describes a rare rectal bezoar in a healthy young woman who had recently consumed large quantities of sunflower seeds. A 21-year-old healthy woman was admitted with abdominal pain, rectal pain, and constipation ...

A 57-year-old woman presented with dysphagia and postprandial epigastric fullness for about two years. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) showed a esophageal diverticulum at the lower portion of the esophagus, and barium swallow esophagography showed a focal outpouching space (measured about 5cm in size) at the distal third of the esophagus near the esophagogastric junction (●" Fig.1). The patien...

Bezoars are concretions of undigested or partially digested foreign material in the gastrointestinal tract. They occur patients with altered motility anatomy (previous gastricsurgery, diabetes mellitus, neurological disorders). rare, an estimated %0.3 on upper endoscopy. The most common symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, early satiety, anorexia, and weight loss. We present a pat...

Bezoars are concretions or hard masses of foreign matter that are found in the gastrointestinal tract. Recent reports have demonstrated the efficacy of Coca-Cola administration for the dissolution of phytobezors. Here we report on a 73-year-old man with a very large gastric persimmon diospyrobezoar, and this caused small intestinal obstruction after partial dissolution with oral and injected Co...

With great interest, we read the recent article by İşlek et al. (1) “A rare outcome of iron deficiency and pica: Rapunzel syndrome in a 5-year-old child”. The authors discussed a girl who was referred with an abdominal mass and anemia, diagnosed with Rapunzel syndrome. She had no medical history that supported the presence of trichophagy or any psychiatric or neurological disorders. They mentio...

Phytobezoars are a rare cause of small bowel obstruction (SBO) but must be consideration especially in patients with previous gastric surgeriesand the elderly population. Preoperative computed tomography (CT) should done to differentiate between bezoars and other causes SBO. If non operative management fails, surgical removal is recommended treatment.

The Rapunzel syndrome is an unusual form of trichobezoar found in patients with a history of psychiatric disorders, trichotillomania (habit of hair pulling) and trichophagia (morbid habit of chewing the hair), consequently developing gastric bezoars. The principal symptoms are vomiting and epigastric pain. In this case report, we describe this syndrome in a young girl.