title: A case of pharmacobezoar in a patient with ileostomy.
abstract: We report a case of a 59-year-old white male who presented with right-sided abdominal pain of 6 months duration. The patient had a total colectomy and Brooks continent ileostomy 20 years ago for severe ulcerative colitis. A CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed large number of pills (pharmacobezoar) in the small bowel, just proximal to the ileostomy pouch. The patient underwent a laparotomy and enterotomy, which resulted in extraction of more than 50 pills from the small bowel. He had no symptoms during the subsequent follow up visits.
authors.affiliation: River Region Health System, Vicksburg, MS 39183, USA.
authors.forename: Vishwanath N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.forename: Kiran Bettaiah
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Chandrashekar
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: Veena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shenoy
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002214:Capsules / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D007082:Ileum; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D002214:Capsules