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Toothpick ingestion is an uncommon condition. It has been reported that an estimated incidence of 3.6 toothpick related injuries per 100,000 people per year.
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January 2023
Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Japan.
We herein report a very unusual case of small bowel obstruction caused by phytobezoar in a 69-year-old woman who consumed a large amount of bracken. The patient presented with nausea and vomiting. Computed tomography revealed an air-filled foreign body in the jejunum that had likely caused the small bowel obstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedicine (Baltimore)
November 2019
Department of gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Background: Ectopic pancreas in the ileum, including lesions within Meckel diverticulum, can cause severe manifestations and complications; yet, it was seldom reported in English literature.
Aim: This study aimed to raise awareness and provide information for better clinical management of this rare yet serious condition.
Methods: A total of 1713 cases of small bowel resection were performed in our hospital between 2009 and 2018, among which 10 cases of ileac ectopic pancreas were identified.
Int J Surg Case Rep
June 2019
Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, Postcode 56000, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address:
Introduction: Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the alimentary tract but accounts for only 0.1-3% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms. The most common presentation of GISTs is acute or chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, in which the patient presents with symptomatic anaemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGastrointest Endosc
November 2019
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
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