2005 Volume 47 Issue 11 Pages 2530-2534
We report a rare case of a bezoar which was extracted through the anus by colonoscopy after two episodes of intestinal obstruction. A 74-year-old woman attended our hospital with complaints of nausea and appetite loss. At UGI endoscopy, we found a 6-cm bezoar in her stomach. Twenty four days after endoscopy, the bezoar impacted and caused intestinal obstruction of the terminal ileum. The bezoar was passed through the ileocecal valve by pressing her abdomen with hands under X-ray. Two days after recovery from obstruction, the bezoar impacted again in the sigmoid colon. Colonoscopy was performed . Fragmentation and removal of the bezoar were accomplished using a polypectomy snare .
