Aug 9, 2019 · Lots of chewing gum in your stomach could result in a non-digestible lump called a bezoar. One of these was an 18-year-old Israeli woman whose case was reported in a 2004 …

A bezoar composed of undigested milk concretions is termed a lactobezoar and is found in young children, primarily infants. Lactobezoars were previously believed to occur only in pre-term …

Sep 7, 2018 · Bezoars can cause lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, weight loss and a feeling of fullness after eating only a little food. To be safe, when you’ve chewed through all the flavor …

The most notable case discovered a gum bezoar lodged in the colon incidentally because of a false positive positron emission tomography. 2 There is no known causality between ingesting …

Jun 1, 2023 · A computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a gastric bezoar due to chewing gum. The patient was successfully treated with several passes of an …

Sep 11, 2023 · A bezoar is a gastrointestinal condition caused by undigested material. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for this condition today.

Barium-contrast upper-GI radiography revealed the stomach to be filled with solid-appearing masses of material (A), the appearance being consistent with a bezoar. Upper endoscopy …

Aug 1, 1998 · In the present report, we briefly review gum-chewing complications and describe three children who developed intestinal tract and esophageal obstruction as a consequence of …

Food boluses (or boli; singular bolus) have the archaic and positive meaning of bezoar, and are composed of loose aggregates of food items such as seeds, fruit pith, or pits, as well as other …

Gastric bezoars often cause ulcerative lesions in the stomach and subsequent bleeding, whereas small intestinal bezoars present with small bowel obstruction and ileus. A number of articles …