An unusual case of small bowel obstruction.
A patient with small bowel obstruction due to a fruit pith (peach) is presented. The diagnostic work up, the treatment and a review of the literature in the matter of obstructions due to swallowed goods are presented. Intestinal obstruction due to ingested organic material is a clinical entity on its own, and careful history taking can give a clue for diagnosis.
Verstocken
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Department of Surgery, A. Z. Sint-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium.
Himpens
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Leman
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D000368:Aged; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007082:Ileum; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male