An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: dried apricots

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dc.contributor.authorGumus, Metehan
dc.contributor.authorKapan, Murat
dc.contributor.authorOnder, Akin
dc.contributor.authorTekbas, Guven
dc.contributor.authorYagmur, Yusuf
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:33:14Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:33:14Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractSmall bowel obstruction is rarely caused by bezoars. An important cause of phytobezoars are dried fruits. A 56 year old man presented to our department with symptoms of acute intestinal obstruction. Abdomen was distended and tender at the right and left lower quadrants. Bowel movements were decreased, and rectum was empty on digital examination. Upright plain films of the abdomen revealed multiple air-fluid levels and patient was immediately operated on. Due to the ischaemia of short small bowel segment, resection and end to end anastomosis were performed. After resection, bowel was opened and an apricot was found in the small bowel lumen. Although the dried apricot was small enough to pass through the pylorus spontaneously, it became swollen in fluid and started to obstruct the small bowel lumen especially in the terminal ileum. Obstruction by undigested food is rare and mostly seen in children, edentulous older people and patients with mental disorders. In conclusion, dried fruits, when swallowed without chewing, may cause intestinal obstruction.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage1131en_US
dc.identifier.issn0030-9982
dc.identifier.issue11en_US
dc.identifier.pmid22125996
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-80054867153
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage1130en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/20554
dc.identifier.volume61en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000296043900022
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPakistan Medical Assocen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of The Pakistan Medical Association
dc.relation.publicationcategoryDiğeren_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectBowel Obstructionen_US
dc.subjectBezoarsen_US
dc.subjectPhytobezoarsen_US
dc.subjectDried Fruitsen_US
dc.subjectIschaemiaen_US
dc.subjectIntestinal Obstructionen_US
dc.titleAn unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: dried apricotsen_US
dc.titleAn unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: dried apricots
dc.typeEditorialen_US

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