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Unexpected cause of large bowel obstruction: Colonic bezoar
The Internet Journal of Gastroenterology, 07/02/09

Bala M et al. - The authors present a case of large bowel obstruction in an adult blind patient caused by a colonic mass suspicious for tumor or bezoar by its radiological features. Colonic bezoar should be suspected when large bowel obstruction takes place in older patients with chronic constipation or a disability in controling food intake.

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The use of computed tomography in the detection and characterisation of large bowel obstruction
New Zealand Medical Journal, 11/04/09 Relevance Score: 81%

Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Gastric Outlet Obstruction
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 11/05/09 Relevance Score: 79%

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Archives of Surgery, 11/17/09 Relevance Score: 78%

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