Rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants – a review of case reports
Bezoars are foreign bodies in the form of round balls typically found in the alimentary tract, in the area of the stomach. They are created from residual material, e.g. from accidentally swallowed objects (buttons, coins) or some medicines as well as hair and vegetable fibres. Bezoars increase in ...
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| author | Paweł Jonczyk Kinga Szczerba Beata Kandefer Magdalena Potempa Wojciech Tynior Dariusz Kajdaniuk |
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| description | Bezoars are foreign bodies in the form of round balls typically found in the alimentary tract, in the area of the stomach.
They are created from residual material, e.g. from accidentally swallowed objects (buttons, coins) or some medicines as well
as hair and vegetable fibres. Bezoars increase in size as the result of accumulation of undigested food wastes and are unable
to pass through the subsequent alimentary tack sections. Bezoars mostly cause nonspecific abdominal pain. In rarer cases,
they can be found in the urinary tract. In this case, they develop in the course of a fungal infection within the urinary tract
or generalised infection. Their mass is usually made of Candida albicans hyphae. The major factor strongly predisposing
to severe fungal infections is host immunosuppression caused by iatrogenic action of medicines that block the immune
system as well as different diseases that weaken immunity. In this review, the authors present selected clinical cases of urinary
tract bezoars along with the diagnostic and therapeutic management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fa89ddd5fb543e5b53e4ecd650567742022-12-22T03:13:54ZengMedical Communications Sp. z o.o.Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna1734-15312451-07422016-09-0112332633610.15557/PiMR.2016.0034Rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants – a review of case reportsPaweł Jonczyk0Kinga Szczerba1Beata Kandefer2Magdalena Potempa3Wojciech Tynior4Dariusz Kajdaniuk5Student Scientific Association at the Department ofPathophysiology and Endocrinology of the School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University ofSilesia inKatowice, Zabrze, PolandStudent Scientific Association at the Department ofPathophysiology and Endocrinology of the School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University ofSilesia inKatowice, Zabrze, PolandStudent Scientific Association at the Department ofPathophysiology and Endocrinology of the School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University ofSilesia inKatowice, Zabrze, PolandStudent Scientific Association at the Department ofPathophysiology and Endocrinology of the School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University ofSilesia inKatowice, Zabrze, PolandStudent Scientific Association at the Department ofPathophysiology and Endocrinology of the School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University ofSilesia inKatowice, Zabrze, PolandDepartment ofPathophysiology and Endocrinology of the School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University ofSilesia inKatowice, Zabrze, Poland. Head of the Department: Professor Bogdan Marek, MD, PhDBezoars are foreign bodies in the form of round balls typically found in the alimentary tract, in the area of the stomach. They are created from residual material, e.g. from accidentally swallowed objects (buttons, coins) or some medicines as well as hair and vegetable fibres. Bezoars increase in size as the result of accumulation of undigested food wastes and are unable to pass through the subsequent alimentary tack sections. Bezoars mostly cause nonspecific abdominal pain. In rarer cases, they can be found in the urinary tract. In this case, they develop in the course of a fungal infection within the urinary tract or generalised infection. Their mass is usually made of Candida albicans hyphae. The major factor strongly predisposing to severe fungal infections is host immunosuppression caused by iatrogenic action of medicines that block the immune system as well as different diseases that weaken immunity. In this review, the authors present selected clinical cases of urinary tract bezoars along with the diagnostic and therapeutic management.http://www.pimr.pl/index.php/issues/2016-vol-12-no-3/rare-cases-of-bezoars-in-the-urinary-tract-in-newborns-and-infants-a-review-of-case-reports?aid=986bezoarsurinary tractfungal infection complicationscandidiasisaspergillosis |
| spellingShingle | Paweł Jonczyk Kinga Szczerba Beata Kandefer Magdalena Potempa Wojciech Tynior Dariusz Kajdaniuk Rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants – a review of case reports Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna bezoars urinary tract fungal infection complications candidiasis aspergillosis |
| title | Rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants – a review of case reports |
| title_full | Rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants – a review of case reports |
| title_fullStr | Rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants – a review of case reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants – a review of case reports |
| title_short | Rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants – a review of case reports |
| title_sort | rare cases ofbezoars inthe urinary tract innewborns and infants a review of case reports |
| topic | bezoars urinary tract fungal infection complications candidiasis aspergillosis |
| url | http://www.pimr.pl/index.php/issues/2016-vol-12-no-3/rare-cases-of-bezoars-in-the-urinary-tract-in-newborns-and-infants-a-review-of-case-reports?aid=986 |
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