title: Sigmoid colon perforation due to geophagia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery Firat University, School of Medicine, Elaziğ, Turkey.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ilhan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cifter
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Doğru
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Akkuş
mesh_terms: 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