title: A non-occlusive bezoar of caecum in a 7-year-old child: ultrasound detection and multimodality imaging management.
abstract: Bezoars represent the most frequent foreign bodies of gastro-intestinal system, involving first of all the stomach and small intestine; instead the cecum tract is a very uncommon site for bezoars associated with a poor abdominal symptomatology. We report a case of a very rare localization of bezoar in the caecum tract of the ascending colon in a child affected by undefined abdominal pain. In this case, the abdominal Ultrasound examination showed characteristic imaging findings of bezoar completely comparable to that of Computed Tomography, allowing an early diagnosis of bezoar and the possibility of a conservative treatment for the young patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institute of Radiology Magrassi-Lanzara, Second University of Studies of Naples, Miraglia L. Square, 80138 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: D'Amora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marilina
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Institute of Radiology Magrassi-Lanzara, Second University of Studies of Naples, Miraglia L. Square, 80138 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Cremone
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaetana
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institute of Radiology, Pediatric Hospital Santobono-Pausillipon, Posillipo street 226, 80123 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Rossi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eugenio
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institute of Radiology, Pediatric Hospital Santobono-Pausillipon, Posillipo street 226, 80123 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Zeccolini
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Massimo
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D002432:Cecum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Bezoar; Gastro-intestinal foreign bodies; Ultrasound