Vacante, Marco and Alessandria, Innocenza and Cataudella, Emanuela and Fichera, Rosangela and Malatino, Lorenzo (2016) An Unexpected Cause of Marked Weight Loss Associated with Vomiting in an Adult Man: Gastric Phytobeozar. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 3 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Objectives: We present the case of an edentulous 47-year-old farmer referred to our Department of Internal Medicine because of postprandial vomiting, hyporexia, asthenia and weight loss. He ate a mostly vegetarian diet. Materials and methods: An oesophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed the presence of a phytobezoar at the level of the fundus and body of the stomach. Endoscopic fragmentation and removal of the phytobezoar were unsuccessful and the patient had to undergo open surgery. Results: Recovery was uneventful and free of complications. Conclusion: Phytobezoars should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of unexplained vomiting and weight loss.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | L'articolo è stato pubblicato nei Latest online nel 2015 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bezoar; edentulism; vomiting; hyporexia; weight loss |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.3 Malattie del sistema digerente |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2016 15:24 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2016 15:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15094 |
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