[Stomach perforation: an unusual complication of gastric bezoars].
Bezoars are concretions of stagnant swallowed material in digestive tract. The most frequent are trichobezoars made of hair and phytobezoars composed of undigestible fruits and vegetables fibers. We report a case of a 24-year-old female patient who presented in emergency with an acute peritonitis due to a gastric perforation on bezoars. Gastrotomy, extraction of bezoars, gastric stitching and peritoneal lavage were performed. Post operative period was uneventful. A new careful interrogation into the patient's previous habits found glue-eating custom during the four last years.
Hani
Mohamed Aziz
MA
Service de Chirurgie Beau Séjour, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
Guesmi
Fethi
F
Bouasker
Ibtissem
I
Zoghlami
Ayoub
A
Najah
Nabil
N
D000328:Adult; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery