%0 Journal Article
%T Acute small bowel obstruction due to chicken bone bezoar
%A Vetpillai P
%A Oshowo A
%J International Medical Case Reports Journal
%D 2012
%I Dove Medical Press
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S28514
%X cute small bowel obstruction due to chicken bone bezoar Case report (672) Total Article Views Authors: Vetpillai P, Oshowo A Published Date December 2012 Volume 2012:5 Pages 87 - 89 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S28514 Received: 23 November 2011 Accepted: 03 December 2011 Published: 04 December 2012 Preadeepan Vetpillai,1 Ayo Oshowo2 1CT2 Surgery in General, Charing Cross Hospital, 2Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgery, Whittington Hospital, London, UK Abstract: Acute intestinal obstruction due to foreign bodies, or bezoar, is a rare occurrence in an adult with a normal intestinal tract. We report an unusual case of a 43-year-old black man with no previous abdominal surgery and no significant medical history who presented with an acute episode of small bowel obstruction due to an impacted undigested chicken bone.
%K small bowel obstruction
%K chicken bone
%K bezoar
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