title: A rare cause of mechanical intestinal obstruction: Pharmacobezoar.
abstract: A bezoar is a hard, and solid, foreign body located in the gastrointestinal tract that may recur. Bezoar is classified according to its origin. Pharmacobezoars develop in the gastrointestinal tract due to alterations in anatomical structure and/or intestinal motility. In this paper, a case, not yet defined in the literature, of a pharmacobezoar causing a mechanical obstruction that is accompanied by a malignancy in the colon is reported, with the aim of contributing to the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Anatolia Health Center, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Anatolia Health Center, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ağalar
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Anatolia Health Center, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Çakmakçı
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Anatolia Health Center, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Saime
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramadan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Anatolia Health Center, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baloğlu
keywords: Pharmacobezoar; intestine; obstruction