Open AccessGastrointestinal bleeding due to giant gastric bezoar
Author(s) -
Fatih Çalışkan,
İsmail Alper Tarım,
Hızır Ufuk Akdemir,
Sultan Çalışkan,
Bülent Güngörer,
Hatice Ölger Uzuner,
Kağan Karabulut
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
deneysel ve klinik tıp dergisi/journal of experimental and clinical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1309-4483
pISSN - 1309-5129
DOI - 10.52142/omujecm.38.3.31
Subject(s) - bezoar , medicine , gastric distension , stomach , pylorus , bleed , perforation , gastric emptying , endoscopy , gastroparesis , gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery , gastroenterology , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Gastric bezoars occur in the stomach due to foreign body accumulation with an inability to pass through the pylorus. Major complications of bezoars include intestinal obstruction, gastric ulcer, gastric perforation, and bleeding. Many gastric bezoars can often be treated conservatively. Endoscopy has been commonly used in both the diagnosis and treatment of bezoars. We present a case that complained about abundant gastrointestinal bleeding as well as abdominal distension and was successfully treated with emergency gastric surgery after the failure of bleed control by endoscopic intervention due to giant gastric bezoar.