Prickly pear fruit bezoar presenting as rectal perforation in an elderly patient

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-367

  Steinberg, Jordan M ^a   Eitan, Arieh ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bezoar; Elderly; Fecal impaction; Perforation

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CEFOTAXIME; GLIBENCLAMIDE; METFORMIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEZOAR; CASE REPORT; COLOSTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPUNTIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM PERFORATION;

EID: 0038489146     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-003-0482-3     Document Type: Article

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