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Clinics in diagnostic imaging (198). Small bowel obstruction secondary to a bezoar.


ABSTRACT: A 60-year-old man presented with abdominal pain. He was later diagnosed on imaging to have high-grade small bowel obstruction. The patient underwent surgery, and a hard, rounded bezoar resembling the endosperm of Nypa fruticans, colloquially known as attap chee, was found at the point of obstruction. Small bowel obstruction is a common acute surgical condition with multiple causes, including bezoars. We discuss the typical imaging features of bezoars causing small bowel obstruction as well as potential pitfalls that can mimic the appearance of a bezoar.

SUBMITTER: Soon YQA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717776 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Clinics in diagnostic imaging (198). Small bowel obstruction secondary to a bezoar.

Soon Yong Quan Alvin YQA   Low Hsien Min HM   Huey Cheong Wei Terence CWT   Wansaicheong Gervais Khin-Lin GK  

Singapore medical journal 20190801 8


A 60-year-old man presented with abdominal pain. He was later diagnosed on imaging to have high-grade small bowel obstruction. The patient underwent surgery, and a hard, rounded bezoar resembling the endosperm of Nypa fruticans, colloquially known as attap chee, was found at the point of obstruction. Small bowel obstruction is a common acute surgical condition with multiple causes, including bezoars. We discuss the typical imaging features of bezoars causing small bowel obstruction as well as po  ...[more]

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