Closed perforation of the small bowel secondary to a phytobezoar: imaging findings.
Small bowel perforation secondary to phytobezoars is a rare clinical entity, which is not well-documented in the radiological literature. Sonographic and computed tomography (CT) findings of a case of closed small bowel perforation secondary to phytobezoars in a patient with previous gastric surgery are presented. Both abdominal ultrasound and CT examinations revealed a collection containing air at the left lower quadrant as well as neighboring intraluminal masses suggestive of bezoars. We propose that appropriate CT examination is a very useful imaging modality for evaluating this kind of bowel perforation.
Oktar
Suna Ozhan
SO
Department of Radiology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. sunaoktar@gazi.edu.tr
Erbaş
Gonca
G
Yücel
Cem
C
Aslan
Esra
E
Ozdemir
Hakan
H
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography