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See Latest ArticlesUnexpected 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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