Repeated Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Chestnut Ingestion without the Formation of Phytobezoars.
A small number of cases of small bowel obstruction caused by foods without the formation of phytobezoars have been reported. Repeated small bowel obstruction due to the ingestion of the same food is extremely rare. We present the case of 63-year-old woman who developed small bowel obstruction twice due to the ingestion of chestnuts without the formation of phytobezoars. This is the first reported case of repeated small bowel obstruction caused by chestnut ingestion. Careful interviews are necessary to determine the meal history of elderly patients and psychiatric patients.
Department of Gastroenterology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Ryu
R
Satake
Daisuke
D
Chinda
Tadashi
T
Shimoyama
Miwa
M
Satake
Rie
R
Oota
Satoshi
S
Sato
Kiyonori
K
Yamai
Hisashi
H
Hachimori
Yutaka
Y
Okamoto
Kyogo
K
Yamada
Osamu
O
Matsuura
Tadashi
T
Hashizume
Yasushi
Y
Soma
Shinsaku
S
Fukuda
D031319:Aesculus; D001630:Bezoars / Q000209:etiology; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed