International Journal of Medical Surgical Nursing
Small Bowel Obstruction: Lithobezoar and Trichobezoar
Abstract
Bezoar is defined as the accumulation of undigested foreign bodies or nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract. These foreign bodies can be fibers or seeds of vegetables and fruits (phytobezoar), hair (trichobezoar), or remnants of milk (lactobezoar), stones (lithobezoar) and. undigested medicine (pharmacobezoar). Lithobezoar, the accumulation of stones in the digestive tract, is commonly seen in stomach and trichobezoar is accumulation of hair in the digestive tract, is commonly seen in stomach. In this paper, a 19-year-old Male with small bowel obstruction who presented with abdominal pain, constipation, pain increased on food intake, vomiting multiple episodes and the history of pica was successfully treated by the extraction of the stones and hair under general anaesthesia.References (15)
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