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Intestinal Obstruction Due to Colonic Lithobezoar: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

Overview
Journal Case Rep Pediatr
Publisher Wiley
Specialty Pediatrics
Date 2013 Feb 21
PMID 23424701
Citations 9
Authors
Metin Senol
Zehra Unal Ozdemir
Ibrahim Tayfun Sahiner
Hakan Ozdemir
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Abstract

Bezoar is defined as the accumulation of undigested foreign bodies or nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract. These foreign bodies can be hair (trichobezoar), fibers or seeds of vegetables and fruits (phytobezoar), or remnants of milk (lactobezoar) and stones (lithobezoar). Lithobezoar, the accumulation of stones in the digestive tract, is commonly seen in stomach. In this paper, a 7-year-old girl with colonic lithobezoar who presented with constipation, abdominal pain, and the history of pica was successfully treated by the extraction of the stones under general anesthesia.

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