bezoars/ヒマワリ属

Bezoars are the uncommon result of the ingestion of indigestible or poorly digested substances, which form a solid mass within the gastrointestinal tract. They are classified based on their content and include phytobezoars (plant fibers), trichobezoars (hair), and lactobezoars (milk curds). They may

Seed bezoars are a subcategory of phytobezoars, caused by consumption of indigestible vegetable or fruit seeds. We present the case of a 64-year-old male patient, who presented at the Emergency Department, complaining of constipation, tenesmus and rectal pain. History and digital examination

We report the cases of two children, ages 8 and 10 years, with painful defecation and constipation due to impaction of sunflower seed shells that did not respond to laxative and enema therapy. Physical examination revealed a prickly mass in the rectal vault. Proctoscopy revealed bezoars of sunflower

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

Phytobezoar is a rare cause of colonic obstruction in Denmark. We describe a case of a 12-year-old boy who was admitted to the hospital because he had not passed stool in two days and complained of anal pain. The boy had consumed about 200 grams of salted sunflower seeds with shells two days before.

We describe the successful use of polyethylene glycoelectrolyte solution (Golytely) in the management of a child who developed a rectal phytobezoar after ingestion of unshelled sunflower seeds. A brief review of the literature regarding the management of rectal phytobezoar is discussed.

In two boys aged 13 and 6 years respectively obstipation and a paradoxical diarrhoea developed four days after consumption of unshelled sunflower seeds. The cause was impaction of the unshelled sunflower seeds in the rectum. Both patients required general anaesthesia to remove the sunflower seeds