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ArticleCureus2026

Ivermectin Bezoar: An Unusual Case Presentation.

Samuel M Miller, Lucy Ruangvoravat, Felix Y Lui, Bishwajit Bhattacharya

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Samuel M MillerSurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
Lucy RuangvoravatSurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
Felix Y LuiSurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
Bishwajit BhattacharyaSurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report presents an older male who presented with small bowel obstruction after ingesting ivermectin horse paste that he had purchased online without a prescription. Unfortunately, ingestion of ivermectin by humans, including non-human formulations, has become more common after it was misrepresented as a treatment for COVID during the pandemic. This patient experienced a recurrent small bowel obstruction that resulted in life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding and required multiple surgeries. As such, it should serve as a warning of the dangers involved in consuming medicines for off-label indications without direct supervision by a medical professional.

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bezoargastrointestinal bleedivermectinsmall bowel obstructionsurgery

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PMID42255737
PMCPMC13242172

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