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Pathophysiological and clinical aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of bezoars.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.
- [Short- and long-term outcomes of surgical techniques in gastrointestinal bezoar management].Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2026Article
- Successful dissolution of a giant bezoar after enzyme complex therapyAnales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2026Article
- Phytobezoar-Induced Jejunal Obstruction in an Elderly Male With Multiple Comorbidities.Cureus · 2026Article
- Rapunzel Syndrome in a Child With Sensory Feeding Difficulties and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Cureus · 2026Article
- Factors associated with gastrointestinal obstruction in phytobezoar patients: an emergency ultrasound study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Unusual cause of small bowel obstruction in a liver transplant recipient: a case report and focused literature review.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Trusting your gut: a hairy situation-gastric trichobezoar case report.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- A Case Report of Bezoar-Induced Small Bowel Obstruction: A Potential Surgical Complication of Semaglutide.Cureus · 2025Article
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- Intentional ingestion of plaster for suicide: A case report and literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
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- Temporal changes in computed tomography findings of a persimmon bezoar: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction complicated with sand-like enterolithiasis: case report.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Treatment of a Large Gastric Phytobezoar With Coca-Cola, Cellulase, and Endoscopic Fragmentation in a Community Hospital.The Korean journal of helicobacter and upper gastrointestinal research · 2025Article
- Gastric bezoar: a simple and innovative lithotripsy method-a case report and review of the literature.Frontiers in gastroenterology (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Translational insights from EAE models : decoding MOGAD pathogenesis and therapeutic innovation.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Case Report on Rapunzel syndrome: a large gastric trichobezoar extending to the proximal jejunum in a young adult female.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Swallowed secrets - Plastic bezoar-induced gastric outlet obstruction in a 14-year-old girl: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2024Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Gastric Phytobezoars: Implication of Drinking Carbonated Beverages as a Treatment.The Korean journal of helicobacter and upper gastrointestinal research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Bezoars are intraluminal conglomerates of indigestible foreign materials that accumulate in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. They consist of vegetable or fruit fibers, hairs or other substances; accordingly, bezoars are classified as phytobezoars, trichobezoars, pharmacobezoars, etc. Although sometimes asymptomatic, bezoars may cause serious symptoms, such as abdominal discomfort or pain, dysphagia, hematemesis, or even life-threatening entities (GI bleeding, obstruction or perforation). Current technological applications have contributed to the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to these masses, mainly through endoscopic techniques able to diagnose, fragment and extract bezoars, as well as laparoscopic and other surgical modalities that may be used to treat serious complications. Although bezoars were described centuries ago and the term was officially introduced in the mid nineties by Quain, they are still a demanding pathological entity. Their pathophysiology, accurate and prompt diagnosis, as well as successful and minimally invasive treatment, remain under investigation and see continuous progress. Current advances in these challenging areas are discussed in this review, which attempts to present an in-depth study of bezoars along with the well-established modalities and techniques.
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