Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to a Mushroom Bezoar: Case Report
A bezoar is an accumulation of indigestible exogenous matter in the stomach and the intestine. The clinical diagnosis of bezoar is challenging, and initial radiographs are frequently nondiagnostic. Computed tomography (CT) has become a useful method in diagnosing the presence and cause of small bowe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)
2012-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Gerontology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959811000792 |