A rare cause of mechanical intestinal obstruction: Pharmacobezoar
Ayhan Erdemir1, Fatih Ağalar1, Metin Çakmakçı1, Saime Ramadan2, Hüseyin Baloğlu2
1Department of General Surgery, Anatolia Health Center, Kocaeli, Turkey
2Department of Pathology, Anatolia Health Center, Kocaeli, Turkey
Abstract
A bezoar is a hard, and solid, foreign body located in the gastrointestinal tract that may recur. Bezoar is classified according to its origin. Pharmacobezoars develop in the gastrointestinal tract due to alterations in anatomical structure and/or intestinal motility. In this paper, a case, not yet defined in the literature, of a pharmacobezoar causing a mechanical obstruction that is accompanied by a malignancy in the colon is reported, with the aim of contributing to the literature.
Keywords: Pharmacobezoar, intestine, obstruction
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Externally peer-reviewed.
Concept - A.E.; Design - F.A.; Supervision - M.Ç.; Funding - S.R.; Data Collection and/or Processing - F.A.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - M.Ç.; Literature Review - A.E.; Writer - A.E.; Critical Review - H.B.
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The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.