Bezoar due to laxatives: a rare cause of acute small bowel obstruction

ANZ J Surg. 2020 Sep;90(9):1776-1777. doi: 10.1111/ans.15621. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

Authors

Mina Sarofim^{1

2}, Christo Joseph¹, Chi L N Tsang¹, Christopher S H Lim¹, Mouhannad Jaber¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
² School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 31840912
DOI: 10.1111/ans.15621

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bezoars* / complications
Bezoars* / diagnostic imaging
Bezoars* / surgery
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction* / diagnostic imaging
Intestinal Obstruction* / surgery
Intestine, Small / diagnostic imaging
Laxatives / adverse effects

Substances

Laxatives