Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report

doi:10.1186/1752-1947-1-159

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Large bowel obstruction due to sesame seed bezoar: a case report

Aidan G Shaw¹ , Oliver Peacock² , Jonathan N Lund¹ , Gillian M Tierney² , Mike Larvin¹ and William Speake²

¹Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Nottingham, Derby, UK

²Department of Colorectal Surgery, Derby City General Hospital, Derby, UK

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Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:159doi:10.1186/1752-1947-1-159


Published:	29 November 2007

Abstract

We report a case of a 79 year old man with a known benign anastomotic stricture presenting with large bowel obstruction. At laparotomy the obstruction was found to be caused by a large sesame seed bezoar. Seed bezoars are well known to cause impaction in the rectum but have never been previously reported to cause large bowel obstruction. We recommend that patients with known large bowel strictures should be advised not to eat seeds as this could ultimately lead to obstruction, ischaemia or perforation.