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Gastric and Rectal Phytobezoar From Sunflower Seed Ingestion: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
September 2024
Department of Medicine, Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States.
Article Synopsis
- Seed bezoars are a type of blockage caused by undigested seeds or fruit pits that can lead to constipation and pain.
- A 48-year-old woman experienced severe constipation, leading to the discovery of sunflower seeds causing a rectal blockage, which was treated with manual evacuation.
- A follow-up CT scan showed a gastric bezoar, which was successfully treated with Coca-Cola, indicating that most seed bezoars can often be managed without surgery and serious complications are uncommon.
A Rectal Sunflower Seed Bezoar Causing Fecal Impaction in a Healthy Young Woman.
Cureus
July 2023
Internal Medicine: Infectious Disease, Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, USA.
Article Synopsis
- Bezoars are rare gastrointestinal conditions caused by undigested foreign materials, leading to significant health complications.
- A 31-year-old woman experienced weight loss, diarrhea, and anorectal pain due to fecal impaction from a rectal sunflower seed bezoar related to her diet.
- Diagnosis involved imaging studies, and treatment included using a flexible endoscope to remove the bezoar, highlighting the need to consider bezoars in young patients with similar GI symptoms.
Rectal obstruction and urinary retention due to unshelled sunflower seeds.
Minerva Med
June 2022
Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, Jingzhou Hospital affiliated to Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.
Colorectal cancer among farmers in the AGRICAN cohort study.
Cancer Epidemiol
June 2022
Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) 1086 ANTICIPE, Caen, France; Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer François Baclesse, Caen, France; University of Caen Normandy, Caen, France.
Objectives: Specific farming types and tasks have rarely been studied in relation to colorectal cancer (CRC). We evaluated associations between 5 types of livestock and 13 types of crops in relation to CRC and its subsites within the Agriculture and Cancer (AGRICAN) study.
Methods: AGRICAN cohort includes 181,842 agricultural workers living in 11 French geographical areas.
Fecal Impaction in the Rectum and Rectosigmoid Colon Secondary to Sunflower Seed Ingestion.
Case Rep Pediatr
October 2021
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.
A 35-month-old male who had eaten a bag of sunflower seeds initially presented to the emergency department (ED) with visible seeds in the anus and was discharged home with a stool softener after manual disimpaction. He then returned to the hospital 2 days later, and abdominal radiographs confirmed significant fecal material within the rectum and rectosigmoid colon. After failed oral and rectal laxative therapy attempts, subsequent disimpaction under anesthesia revealed an undigested sunflower seed bezoar in the rectum extending to the distal segment of his sigmoid colon.
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