Pica and intestinal occlusion: a clinical case

Accidental or voluntary foreign bodies ingestion is a frequent reported event in emergency departments. Complication, foreign body shape related are not often observed and, once occurred, just few a cases need an open surgery approach, about 1%. The Authors report the case of a young woman with pica...

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Published inIl Giornale di chirurgia Vol. 23; no. 6-7; p. 253
Main Authors Assenza, M, De Angelis, G, Romagnoli, F, Caramanico, L, Miccini, M, Borromeo, C, Ruggiero, M I, Tomei, B, Sadighi, A, Modini, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageItalian
Published Italy 01.06.2002
Subjects
Adolescent
Bezoars - etiology
Bezoars - surgery
Female
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction - etiology
Intestinal Obstruction - surgery
Pica - complications
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Summary:Accidental or voluntary foreign bodies ingestion is a frequent reported event in emergency departments. Complication, foreign body shape related are not often observed and, once occurred, just few a cases need an open surgery approach, about 1%. The Authors report the case of a young woman with pica admitted to their Department in an emergency setting for acute intestinal obstruction due to the ingestion of not specified amount of elastics, which required an open surgery operation.
ISSN:0391-9005