A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Small bowel obstruction is a common surgical emergency abdominal condition in clinical practice. Fecalith is one of the rare causative factors, especially phytobezoars.

Case report

We report the case of a 66-year-old man admitted with "abdominal pain with vomiting for 1 day." Enhanced CT of the abdomen suggested incomplete small bowel obstruction. The symptomatic treatment with fasting, fluid replacement, gastrointestinal decompression, and antibiotics was conducted after the patient was admitted to the hospital. After 2 days of treatment, the patient's abdominal pain was not significantly relieved, so a decision was made to perform laparoscopic examination surgery. During surgery, a columnar foreign body was found embedded in the lumen of the small intestine ab

SUBMITTER: Chen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086506 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature