title: [Obstruction ileus caused by mushrooms].
abstract: Since 1982 we have performed surgery in 2 cases of obstruction ileus caused by fungi. Both patients had stenosis of the gut, due to adhesions and Crohn's disease respectively. Unless carefully chewed, mushrooms keep their shape and almost their size in the bowel, and can thus become jammed in a stenosis and cause ileus. High risk patients should be advised to avoid eating mushrooms or else to chew them very carefully.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, Kantonsspital Bruderholz.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tschudi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001487:Basidiomycota; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Obstruktionsileus durch Pilze.