A Crunching colon: Rectal bezoar caused by pumpkin seed consumption

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-77

  Manne, Janaki R ^a   Rangu, Venu M ^a   Motapothula, Uma Maheswara R ^a   Hall, Matthew C ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bezoar; Fecal impaction; Seed consumption; Stercoral

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEZOAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLONOSCOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MANUAL DISIMPACTION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PLANT SEED; RECTUM ULCER; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SQUASH;

BEZOARS; COLONOSCOPY; CUCURBITA; EATING; FECAL IMPACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; SEEDS;

EID: 84861505813     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: 15546179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2011.1016     Document Type: Article

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