A 58 year old man underwent a laparotomy for intestinal obstruction, which proved to be due to intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Following a slow postoperative course, he was discovered to have a gastric phytobezoar. The association between bezoars and pseudo-obstruction has not been previously described, but might be expected. The gastric phytobezoar could not be fragmented mechanically, but it c...

The emergence of farming during the Neolithic transition, including the domestication of livestock, was a critical point in the evolution of human kind. The goat (Capra hircus) was one of the first domesticated ungulates. In this study, we compared the genetic diversity of domestic goats to that of the modern representatives of their wild ancestor, the bezoar, by analyzing 473 samples collected...

gastric bezoars are gastric masses, which rarely cause intestinal obstruction by passing through the small bowel. in this article, we report a 56 year-old man with no history of gastric surgery who presented with intestinal obstruction. the obstruction seemed to be in terminal ileum. colonoscopy was done and a movable mass was noted, which was extracted from the cecum by colonoscope resulting i...

Dear Editor, Bezoars and gallstones are unusual causes of small bowel obstruction, with well-described imaging features on CT. We present a case of intestinal obstruction caused by a laminated mass in the terminal ileum that resembled a gallstone on CT, but was surgically proven to be a durian seed phytobezoar. Ex vivo imaging confi rmed that the 2 conditions share similar appearances on CT, an...

Fecal impaction is a mass of hardened and compacted stools that the patient can not evacuate spontaneously. It usually occurs in elderly patients disabled or institutionalized but cases have also been reported secondary to foreign bodies, bezoars, etc. The usual symptom is constipation, but overflow diarrhea can also occur. The diagnosis of fecal impaction is made with digital rectal examinatio...

We report a case of 2 years old male child who presented with acute intestinal obstruction with palpable and mobile mass in the abdomen. He was diagnosed as a case of intestinal obstruction due to phytobezoar containing cotton threads. Surgical intervention is the treatment of choice for such conditions. Small bowel obstruction due to bezoar made of hair cotton threads is extremely rare. These ...

INTRODUCTION Gastric outlet obstruction usually presents with non-bilious vomiting, colicky epigastric pain, loss of appetite and occasionally, upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Causes can be classified as benign or malignant, or as extra- or intraluminal. Gastrojejunostomy is a well-recognised surgical procedure performed to bypass gastric outlet obstruction. A bezoar occurs most commonly in pa...

Fungus balls rarely cause upper urinary tract obstruction, and they are most often found in patients with diabetes mellitus or impaired immunity. The computed tomography (CT) findings of fungal bezoars of the urinary tract are nonspecific and have rarely been described, while in most cases, radiolucent filling defects are observed on excretory or retrograde urography. Here, an unusual case of a...