Sigmoid colon perforation due to geophagia.
Geophagia can be a problem in mentally handicapped patients. This case report presents a 71-year-old mentally handicapped women who had to be operated in emergency for colonic perforation due to geophagia.
Ilhan
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Department of General Surgery Firat University, School of Medicine, Elaziğ, Turkey.
Cifter
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Doğru
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Akkuş
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010842:Pica / Q000150:complications*; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery