Small bowel obstruction caused by dehydrated apple ingestion: the challenges of preoperative radiological diagnosis and surgical management.

A man in his 60s with a virgin abdomen presented with sudden-onset generalised abdominal pain and fevers. The night prior, he snacked on supermarket purchased dehydrated apples. CT abdomen and pelvis revealed small bowel obstruction (SBO) to the mid ileum and small amount of free fluid within the pelvis.