BACKGROUND Phytobezoar may be a cause of bowel obstruction in patients with previous gastric surgery. Most bezoars are concretions of poorly digested food, which are usually formed initially in the stomach. Intestinal obstruction (esophageal and small bowel) caused by an occupational bezoar has not been reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 70-year old male is presented suffering from esophageal and ...

tes mellitus had been having intermittent, cramping abdominal pain for 2months. He also had abdominal distension, which tended to improvespontaneously. Physical examination of the abdomen showedmild distension with decreasing bowel sounds. A small-bowel barium study showed delayed passage of the contrast medium and a dilated small bowel but nomechanical obstruction. Abdominal computed tomograph...

To the Editor We read with interest the article by Beppu et al (1) on a patient with large phytobezoars. The patient complained of severe epigastralgia and incidences of vomiting, and a hard mass was palpable in the abdomen. After computed tomography showed two large gastric masses with honeycomb configuration, endoscopy confirmed bezoars with ulceration. The large bezoars were removed surgical...

Fungus balls or fungal bezoars in the urinary bladder are extremely rare diseases, of which less than 20 previous cases have been described in the literature since the first case was reported in 1961. The most common predisposing factor for this opportunistic infection is diabetes mellitus. We herein report a case of bladder candidiasis initially misdiagnosed as bladder cancer based on its MRI ...

Although bezoars of the gastrointestinal system are most frequently noted in the stomach, they may extend to the small intestine. Trichobezoars are generally seen in young females and most patients have psychiatric disorders. Medical, endoscopic, and surgical treatments are available. However, when the bezoar entirely fills the stomach, surgery is the only option.

Candida bezoars of the stomach usually occur after gastric surgery. We report a small Candida mass occurring on a non-healing gastric ulcer in a 40-year-old male non-smoker. The ulcer healed with fluconazole and withdrawal of the proton pump inhibitor.