scholarly journals A Rare Case of an Early Postoperative Obstructive Ileus in a Young Female Patient due to a Residual Trichobezoar Mass

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
P. Christopoulos ◽  
S. Ross-Thriepland ◽  
H. McCarthy ◽  
C. S. Day ◽  
W. Sasi

Trichobezoar is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction, whereby a mass forms most commonly in the stomach and duodenum of young females, from ingestion of hair, a condition known as trichophagia. We present a case of recurrent small bowel obstruction due to a residual hair mass that was removed surgically in a young female patient who had a laparotomy and gastrotomy for removal of a large gastric trichobezoar just two weeks prior to the current admission. This case illustrates the importance of a thorough inspection of the whole bowel to ensure that no residual bezoars remain after surgery.

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. e232134
Author(s):  
Yeo Min Cho ◽  
Gamze Aksakal ◽  
Mohamed Ahmed Tawfik Ashour ◽  
Suzanne Moore

A 34-year-old man presented with acute severe left-sided abdominal and flank pain with associated postprandial nausea and vomiting. CT imaging revealed findings suspicious for a closed loop small bowel obstruction. Intraoperative findings were that of a left paraduodenal hernia (of Landzert) secondary to a mesenteric defect immediately posterior to the ascending branch of the left colic artery. The defect was closed via minilaparotomy. Unfortunately, his postoperative course was complicated by small bowel obstruction which required further laparotomy and adhesiolysis. The patient eventually made a good recovery. Here, we present a rare case of intestinal obstruction and discuss the aetiologies and management of this unusual phenomenon.


Author(s):  
Apoorv Goel ◽  
Ayush Agarwal ◽  
Roli Bansal ◽  
Sarita Goel

ABSTRACT The number of unsafe abortions has declined over the years in India but we still come across many cases and few of them with fatal complications. Usually such cases may present as bleeding per vaginum with features of sepsis and often instrumentation causing uterine or bowel injury. Our case is a 16 year old unmarried girl who had a history of 5 months of amenorrhea and underwent abortion by a quack in a village presented with features of frank small bowel obstruction due a rare unusual cause. How to cite this article Goel A, Bansal R, Goel S, Agarwal A. Small Bowel Obstruction in a Young Female following an Unsafe Abortion: An Unusual Cause. Panam J Trauma Crit Care Emerg Surg 2016;5(1):61-63.


2019 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. S741-S741
Author(s):  
Muhammad H. Bashir ◽  
Lilly Gonzalez ◽  
Yaniuska Lescaille ◽  
Bridget Gallagher ◽  
Derrick Cheung

Hernia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Narjis ◽  
R. Jgounni ◽  
M. N. El Mansouri ◽  
K. Rabbani ◽  
R. Hiroual ◽  
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