Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report.
We report a case of a 79 year old man with a known benign anastomotic stricture presenting with large bowel obstruction. At laparotomy the obstruction was found to be caused by a large sesame seed bezoar. Seed bezoars are well known to cause impaction in the rectum but have never been previously reported to cause large bowel obstruction. We recommend that patients with known large bowel strictures should be advised not to eat seeds as this could ultimately lead to obstruction, ischaemia or perforation.
Shaw
Aidan G
AG
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Nottingham, Derby, UK. drshaw@doctors.net.uk.
Peacock
Oliver
O
Lund
Jonathan N
JN
Tierney
Gillian M
GM
Larvin
Mike
M
Speake
William
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