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- Title
Beyond the Usual Diet: A Challenging Case of Xylophagia Resulting in Intestinal Obstruction From Xylobezoar.
- Authors
Shah, Yash R.; Narsapuram, Parikshit; Krishnamoorthy, Geetha; Mansour, Ramy
- Abstract
Xylobezoar is indeed a rare condition associated with xylophagia, characterized by varying degrees of intestinal obstruction due to the entrapment of undigested paper in the gastrointestinal tract. Xylophagia is a form of pica that primarily affects children from low socioeconomic backgrounds with mental conditions and nutritional deficiencies. It is rarely seen in adults. Medical and endoscopic interventions are often challenging in these patients, and surgical intervention is often required. We present an endoscopically challenging case of pancolonic obstruction due to toilet paper accumulation in a patient with pica secondary to iron deficiency anemia.
- Subjects
BOWEL obstructions; PHYSICAL diagnosis; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; BOWEL preparation (Procedure); COLECTOMY; ENDOSCOPES; PICA (Pathology); ABDOMINAL pain; INTESTINAL perforation; IRON deficiency anemia; COMPUTED tomography; ENEMA; ENDOSCOPIC gastrointestinal surgery; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
ACG Case Reports Journal, 2023, Vol 10, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
2326-3253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14309/crj.0000000000001196