title: A Rare Case of Ileocolic Obstruction Due to Lithophagia Associated with Cervical Oesophageal Perforation.
abstract: Lithophagia is a rare syndrome characterized by a repetitive ingestion of stones and pebbles. We herein report a case of a 61-year old mentally retarded man, with a past surgical history of multiple laparotomies for stone ingestion, presenting with cervical oesophagus perforation due to a large butterfly screw and massive impaction of 89 stones and other foreign bodies in the caecum, with consequent mechanical bowel obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Charleroi University Hospital, Charleroi, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albisinni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouazzani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guerin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dolimont
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Agrafiotis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dryjski
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vaneukem
mesh_terms: D002432:Cecum; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D010842:Pica / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology