The pill bottle desiccant. A cause of partial gastrointestinal obstruction.
Two cases of partial upper gastrointestinal obstruction were found to be due to a pill bottle desiccant. In both patients, an organic stricture was present. The cylindrical nonsoluble container of the desiccant had a very characteristic radiological appearance. It is seen as a filling defect, with straight borders and square angles.
D000061:Accidents, Home; D000368:Aged; D003890:Desiccation; D004349:Drug Packaging; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008508:Medication Errors; D008875:Middle Aged; D011706:Pyloric Antrum