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[Cholestasis caused by an intradiverticular bezoar. Endoscopic treatment].

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A 49 year old woman presented with fever. Blood chemistry showed cholestasis. Sonography and abdominal computed tomography showed a dilated biliary tract and a fluid collection in the head of the pancreas. A large, interposed, diverticulum of the second duodenum, filled with a bezoar, was documented

[Renal candidal bezoar: case report and review of the literature].

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Candida infection is a relatively common hematogenous nosocomial infection in immunocompromised patients. However, renal disease remains unusual. The mode of presentation in the case reported herein was lumbar pain with fever and hydronephrosis of the left kidney due to a fungal bezoar in the renal

Management of persimmon bezoars (diospyrobezoars).

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Since 1946, 20 men and one woman aged 40 to 76 years (average 57) were operated upon for complications of diospyrobezoars. Shortly after eating persimmons, 11 (52.4%) had severe abdominal cramping, anusea, vomiting, and pyrexia. Twelve of 17 (70.9%) with gastric bezoars had hematemesis or melena

Fungal Peritonitis with Fungus Balls, a Complication of Trichobezoars and Rapunzel Syndrome.

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BACKGROUND Rapunzel syndrome is a rare condition involving the extension of bezoars from the stomach to the distal gastrointestinal tract. Laparotomy remains the gold standard treatment for this condition because of the size of the bezoars. Although bacterial peritonitis is a known complication of

Sunflower rectal bezoar presenting with an acute abdomen in a 3-year-old child.

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This is a case of a 3-year-old boy with a sunflower-seed rectal bezoar who presented to our emergency department with fever, abdominal pain, leukocytosis, vomiting, and an examination concerning for appendicitis. A failed diagnostic imaging attempt ultimately led to the diagnosis. Children with

Antioxidant and Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species/Reactive Nitrogen Species Scavenging Activities of Three Porcupine Bezoars from Hystrix brachyura.

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UNASSIGNED Porcupine dates are phytobezoar stones that are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatments against cancer, postsurgical recovery, dengue fever, etc. The medicinal values have not been scientifically investigated due to the availability and high pricing of the

Small bowel obstruction and the Garren-Edwards gastric bubble: an iatrogenic bezoar.

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Subsequent to its introduction as an adjunct to diet and behavioral modification in the management of exogenous obesity, the major complication of the Garren-Edwards gastric bubble (GEB) was small bowel obstruction (SBO) due to balloon deflation and obstruction in the jejunum or ileum. Seventy-two

Fungal Balls Mimicking Renal Calculi: A Zebra Among Horses

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Background: Fungal masses (fungal ball or bezoars) rarely present as renal calculus. More so, Trichosporon species are even more uncommon among the noncandidial fungal infections affecting urinary tract. We report two such interesting cases that are not yet reported in the current

Trichotillomania: Bizzare Patern of Hair Loss at 11-Year-old Girl.

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Trichotillomania (TTM) is defined by the Diagnostics and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DMS-IV) as hair loss from a patient`s repetitive self-pulling of hair. The disorder is included under anxiety disorders because it shares some obsessive-compulsive features. Patients have the

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome) in theophylline overdose.

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Intestinal pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome) has previously been reported in 2 patients with theophylline toxicity treated with activated charcoal (AC), mechanical ventilation and opioid induced sedation. We report a case of Ogilvie's syndrome in a theophylline toxic patient treated with AC. A

Candida glabrata fungemia in a diabetic patient with neurogenic bladder: successful treatment with micafungin.

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A 69-year-old man was transferred to our hospital because of fever and acute renal failure. 5 weeks prior to admission, he was admitted to another hospital and treated with several antibiotics including vancomycin, but fever did not subside and renal dysfunction showed rapid progression. On

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